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Colombia's public enemy #1 are the mafia bosses who wouldn't smuggle a gram of cocaine
by Adriaan Alsema March 5, 2020
Colombia is about as close to a mafia state as it ever has been, which makes catching the bad guys more dangerous than ever.
Organized crime has metastasized to the highest realms of the state system, which means fighting the cancer can get you in jail if you’re lucky and killed if you’re not.
Drug trafficking is for the disposables
If you think Colombia’s mafia is into drug trafficking, you’re decades behind. It may be an industry worth at least $6 billion and may get you your own Netflix series, but it’s only one of the mafia’s many rackets and one only few insiders would touch.
Clever bosses don’t get involved in criminal activity that attracts the attention of US authorities, they stick to rackets that fall under Colombian jurisdiction that is virtually under their control, while playing ball with the DEA.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-public-enemy-1-are-the-mafia-bosses-who-wouldnt-smuggle-a-gram-of-cocaine/
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Have to post this excerpt from the original article above:
And how could I forget the boss of bosses, CD leader and former President Alvaro Uribe, the only former Medellin Cartel associate with a Medal of Freedom. Duque’s political patron made racketeering government policy.
In a region called Montes de Maria, Uribe sent in the military to sow terror in 2008 after which his associates and their lawyers went in to buy the land off the terrorized locals who were willing to almost give their land away. They ended up stealing land the size of a small country.
In a region called Montes de Maria, Uribe sent in the military to sow terror in 2008 after which his associates and their lawyers went in to buy the land off the terrorized locals who were willing to almost give their land away. They ended up stealing land the size of a small country.
So many twisted clowns in the U.S. have been buying this pure baloney about the Colombian government, or, more likely already know, and are just trying to stuff it down everyone throat who doesn't know, yet, just like the treacherous sociopaths who support Trump while everyone conscious knew long ago he was filthy and devious.
One way or another, the truth WILL prevail and it will triumph.
Who, me?
Yeah, you.
