A DIFFERENT TAKE ON AN OLD THEME - DRUG WAR

This is a bit of a read, but to me it shows a view that I hadn't really considered. Is it perhaps because most of the traffic is handled by the Angels? I haven't heard of any big takedowns in the States, at least to my memory!


EA Trafficker’s Paradise

In the United States, the most sought after drug market on Earth, are there are no outstanding drug kingpins with names that make for legends?

*By Francisco Martín Moreno

Do you know the name of a single American drug kingpin of our times?


I am of course not referring to the infamous "gangsters" of the prohibition era in the United States, such as Capone, Dillinger and Frank Nitti (among so many underworld characters) who found in the United States the fertile ground necessary to develop and reach international “prestige”.

We knew García Abrego, Caro Quintero, “El Güero Palma”, the “Lord of the Heavens”, the Arellano brothers, etc. among other leaders of our meager underworld.


But I insist: In the US, the most coveted drug market on Earth, are there are no outstanding drug Kingpins (whose names must now form a proud part of the criminal legend of their country), when they deal in a drug business worth over 500 billion dollars?


Is there no last name that stands out for its efficiency and popularity or is it simply that there are no drug traffickers to shame the longstanding American criminal tradition?


I know! In the US, drugs are dealt “by themselves”.


The drugs are dropped off at the border by Mexican or Latin American “mules” and reach (as if by magic) the hands of consumers “by themselves”.


Of all the marijuana that is consumed in that country for example, 35% is produced in Texas, Arizona and California without the authorities ever finding a plantation, any drugs incinerated in public, or anyone being placed in federal prison and their assets sold at auction to the highest bidder.


I guess the marijuana was planted by itself, harvested by itself, distributed by itself and the resulting proceeds laundered by themselves...


Is this not truly amazing?


We never hear of a harsh blow being dealt to drug trafficking in the United States as is commonly done in Mexico, in a consistently recurring form.


We never see photographs of American drug Kingpins arrested and covered in blue FBI jackets, hands and feet in shackles, wearing bulletproof vests and helmets, with a huge police escort to prevent an attacks on their life that could prevent them from informing of the identity and activities of their associates...

In Mexico, the capture of "famous" drug Kingpins occupy the front page of newspapers, besides receiving ample Radio and Television coverage.


We publicly display the incineration of narcotic drugs as soon as they are found. Photos of heroic soldiers fallen while fighting thugs are published. We have pictures of former State prosecutors massacred at their doorsteps while engaged in private law practice after retiring from fighting crime.


The multiple and ostentatious properties seized from the Kingpins are a matter of public knowledge.


The efforts of Mexican soldiers to win this battle against the production and sale of drugs are evident.


Only that battle will hardly be won if in the US the unhampered sale of 500 billion dollars’ worth of narcotics in the streets continues with no one seeing or doing anything. Since our "Puritan" neighbors never catch a Kingpin, no arrests are announced, no soldiers or drug agents or judges or prosecutors die, no assets are seized and no names of corrupt government officials are published.


Nothing, no one knows anything...


Why doesn't anyone know? Very simple: because an incredible number of members of the State and Federal Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government are on drug Kingpin’s payrolls.


If nothing is done, and nothing is known it’s because from the Secretary of State on down, Governors, Legislators, Senators and especially Judges, journalists, police officers of all kinds, FBI and DEA agents up to and including the famous and not the least feared Border Patrol, everyone could be deeply involved with drug traffickers and making juicy profits just as they did during prohibition.


There is nothing new under the Sun.


Even less now, when a group of thugs has more power than the State itself.
Never in the history of mankind has a gang of criminals had so much money as to enable it to buy authorities, journalists and whole countries if it so decided.


All this thanks to the US, who provides the dollars to make this possible.


What do drug Kingpins prefer in exchange for heroin, Mexican pesos or American dollars? It’s quite clear, isn't it? What sovereignty does a State have when a drug Kingpin can’t be judged in his country of origin because doing so could bring about the destabilization of the country with disastrous consequences for millions and millions of people?





Are we not facing a newfound power phenomenon in the hands of a single individual?

Where are North American drug Kingpins? Why not I start the prosecution of major drug traffickers in the United States?

I know: Because neither consumers nor authorities nor the Kingpins nor the press want you to know who they are.

This is good business for everyone. Everyone is involved.


Better, much better to blame Mexico for all its problem...

Hard to blame this on Mexico:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43389915/ns/world_news-americas/

Well said Walter and sources. Thanks for the post. The hypocrisy is beyond comment.

It is a marriage made in heaven, Mexicans who love violence and reject education get to be big macho and sell drugs to dumb Americans who want to numb their brains and be stoned / high all the time.

I see no problem, they will soon all be dead, the Mexicans from violence and the Americans from drugs. We can just wait it out, no? Or will only the cockroaches survive once again? Maybe there is safety living in the sewers.

Just a quick point, I believe the drugs are delivered to Latino gangs in the states for distribution nationwide, hence no single kingpin.

Intercasa wrote:It is a marriage made in heaven, Mexicans who love violence and reject education get to be big macho and sell drugs to dumb Americans who want to numb their brains and be stoned / high all the time.

I see no problem, they will soon all be dead, the Mexicans from violence and the Americans from drugs. We can just wait it out, no? Or will only the cockroaches survive once again? Maybe there is safety living in the sewers.

Well said, Spencer. The nearly perfect symbiotic relationship. Feckless Americans from a corrupted society with a dysfunctional government controlled by moneyed interests get their drugs, Mexican peasants with no hope for gainful employment in a closed and corrupted society become rich beyond their wildest dreams from facilitating the flow of drugs to the selfish and callous Americans and those same Americans supply the armaments and markets that threaten to destabilize alll of North America. Meanwhile, vicious middlemen who would otherwise be engaged in drayage or some similar pursuit become wealthy serving narco warlords.

A fine outcome to the European experiment to save the indigenous North Americans for the Christian Lord´s milieu on this planet. Good work, guys.

oncesubtle wrote:Just a quick point, I believe the drugs are delivered to Latino gangs in the states for distribution nationwide, hence no single kingpin.

That is a good point indeed, R-Bob, and it might well begin to explain the why and wherefore. .

That said, since back when Ronnie Ray-gun was POTUS and crack cocaine first appeared in Florida... with the advent of a major crackdown (no pun intended) on marijuana a relatively benign substance. The resulting drought made for fertile ground in which to introduce crack... highly addictive and very destructive.

There is a school of thought that believes it was a way to engineer an ever growing percentage of Black and Latino
youth into the prison-for-profit system... it is hugely profitable and growing all the time.
Over 25% of young Black men are in prison. Lizzy

And another thought: There is a segment of the population with little hope for advancement in the "normal" business world, and it's not to the advantage of any government to have a slew of young people (especially men) out there with no means of support, let alone ability to enjoy the "good life" complete with fancy cars and alla that. Trouble.

Letting the drug trade go on takes care of the problem. Sort of. And of course, there's the "prison for profit" system, as you mentioned.
I think we're back to FOLLOW THE MONEY.

Exactamente..It's just beating a dead horse...