You're coming across a bit naive here dude.
Am I the only one wondering why these girl smugglers are National News?
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You're coming across a bit naive here dude.
Not even going to bother, one of them says I didn't know anything about it yet the other one claims they were forced at gunpoint? Seems legit.
Of course, but it still slows the trade.
If you had little punishment for drug traffickers, then there would be even more people doing it, thus more drugs get through. Thats why things like 25 years, life imprisonment or even execution send out a strong message not to do it.
Countries like Peru which is the largest producer of illegal drugs do have authorities going after the suppliers. You and I only hear about it though when either they arrest somebody big, a significant atrocity happens, like with the Mexican Cartels, or British people get caught.
You do though also have to remember that many of these countries have a great deal of corruption, something which in the UK and the US we don't have too much of at a political, armed forces and emergency services levels.
Routing out that corruption is as big a fight as that against the drugs trade is.
If i was the cartel i would look for thick bints like this. Give the other thick bints a lot more drugs than these two and then alert the authorities and set them up. Take the pressure of getting caught of the other lot.
They looked like they didn't care on that youtube video... Makes me change my mind about believing the whole gunpoint thing.
They looked like they didn't care on that youtube video... Makes me change my mind about believing the whole gunpoint thing.
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What you think they only have one guy checking for drugs wnd they sit back feet on table having attained their quota for the month and don't search anyone else? Genius. Why don't they have a guy smoking some gange outside the airport and when he is being arrested quickly smuggle 2 millions worth on board the nearest plane? Laughable
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Peru's main export is cocaine. I think you really have no idea just how prolific the drug trade is, particularly in Peru.
The farmers that grow the Coca plantations staged a formal protest against anti-drug legislation so that they can continue to grow them. A formal protest. Against anti-drug production legislation. Let that sink in.
The farmers that grow the Coca plantations staged a formal protest against anti-drug legislation so that they can continue to grow them. A formal protest. Against anti-drug production legislation. Let that sink in.
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I see what you are saying, but really, this is small fry (not even small, I'd go so far as to say insignificant), when really the wider issue is the people profiting from drugs (not the mules or the people that grow it - who often have little choice). The mules are not the root source of the problem, was what he was trying to say and its these people that need targeting the most, these people that need to be caught and put into the headlines, not two mules.
Have a look at a map, look at the western side of Peru and tell me what you see.
Funnily enough I have been watching The West Wing again and an interesting episode came up in I think Season 2. Obviously The West Wing is complete fiction but the research that goes into the story lines is often right on the money.
Anyway the episode was based around 5 DEA Agents that were captured in Columbia, with the Cartel demanding the release of a prisoner.
The president asks his War Cabinet, what would it take to completely wipe out the Cartel? The answer was a 10-1 advantage vs over 20000 trained soldiers controlled by the cartel, fighting another Jungle war.
Obviously this is all fiction but I imagine the reality isn't far away, even in Peru. You would also have to fight against corrupt Government officials that are earning a tidy side sum through the drug trade.
Anyway the episode was based around 5 DEA Agents that were captured in Columbia, with the Cartel demanding the release of a prisoner.
The president asks his War Cabinet, what would it take to completely wipe out the Cartel? The answer was a 10-1 advantage vs over 20000 trained soldiers controlled by the cartel, fighting another Jungle war.
Obviously this is all fiction but I imagine the reality isn't far away, even in Peru. You would also have to fight against corrupt Government officials that are earning a tidy side sum through the drug trade.
I'll bite. Skip to the point, please. I'm assuming you're going to say "lol, boats!" or some other crap.
Air travel is faster and cheaper, plus doesn't have the restrictions of having to navigate around land. Even drug cartels prefer to cut costs.
It's not faster and cheaper when the chances of getting caught are much greater.
The big cartels will use private airstrips not an airport.
I'm not disagreeing with that, it's a huge problem and one I don't think will ever be solved unless they legalise drugs but then that causes a whole host of other problems.
I haven't read the news about this but it seems similar to the two girls who got attacked with acid. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying there's no possibility it could have been avoided but I'm willing to bet the acid girls did something which contributed to the events. In some of these countries women have to accept that society if feral and unequal and take off the Western hat.