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The richer the country and the stronger its institutions, the less likely cartels will take over sure, but when $40 billion USD in yearly profit (in the US drug
by ggiaco 10y ago
The richer the country and the stronger its institutions, the less likely cartels will take over sure, but when $40 billion USD in yearly profit (in the US drug trade) are up for grabs, someone's going to be stepping up.
Stop it in Colombia and it shifts to Mexico. Stop the routes along all of Mexico and the Caribbean and who knows - no reason to be so sure it absolutely couldn't happen in Canada.
- isolli 10y agoDrug routes are already moving to poorer neighbors of Mexico like Guatemala, who are even less able to stop the cartels. [0] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america-jan-june11-drugs_03-15/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america-jan-june11... [1] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/guatemalas-bloody-battle-with-mexican-drug-cartels-6257571.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/guatemalas-...