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Have you read the court transcripts of El Chapo trial? Maybe, better read them, before you think you can safely contact drug cartels. Drug cartels are at least

Have you read the court transcripts of El Chapo trial? Maybe, better read them, before you think you can safely contact drug cartels. Drug cartels are at least three moves away from your local drug dealer. Cartel folks deal with the wholesale distributors, who are some high level gang operatives. So, you can't even go past the first two levels, let alone the local high level gang operatives. These high level wholesale buyers interact with cartel people (mostly they are born and brought up in the states). And these people further interact with people in Mexico. This Mexican contact is in touch with the big cartel bosses. That's how the structure is laid out based on the transcripts.

csears 3y ago
I have read a few things about cartel org structures, but most of my knowledge is based on The Wire and Breaking Bad, and obviously those probably aren't too close to reality. The El Chapo transcripts are a great suggestion. Much appreciated.
- zero_shift 3y ago
  How people read this and didn't catch on is anybody's guess
- lawgimenez 3y ago
  You should be watching Netflix’s Narcos instead. Or you can contact some reporter at Vice News who interviewed several capos in the cartel. Maybe get some intro from them.
Fricken 3y ago
I stayed in a small village In Michoacan on the pacific coast in Mexico for a few weeks on a surf trip. This was 2009, but everybody in town knew "The Big Guy". He paid for schools and roads, ate at the local restaurants, attended church on special occasions. I wouldn't argue there's a safe or easy way to get access to a guy like this, but I doubt it's necessary to go to through drug supply chain. Make friends with the locals.
- kuhewa 3y ago
  > Make friends with the locals. Maybe the Big Guy might even give a harmless surf bum a head nod in passing if he's being respectful in town. But going down into cartel country to seek out local capos and befriend them for drug business purposes is absolutely horrible advice.
  - Fricken 3y ago
    What do you recommend?
    - kuhewa 3y ago
      Him to publish his idea where it can be freely read. If there's something that could make opiate dealing safer and would be profitable and no one has ever thought of it, AND he honestly doesn't care about making a profit, that's all he's got to do. A meeting with a small time cartel affiliate won't make a difference except greatly increase the odds hr gets killed.

csears 3y ago

I have read a few things about cartel org structures, but most of my knowledge is based on The Wire and Breaking Bad, and obviously those probably aren't too close to reality. The El Chapo transcripts are a great suggestion. Much appreciated.

zero_shift 3y ago
How people read this and didn't catch on is anybody's guess
lawgimenez 3y ago
You should be watching Netflix’s Narcos instead. Or you can contact some reporter at Vice News who interviewed several capos in the cartel. Maybe get some intro from them.

Fricken 3y ago

I stayed in a small village In Michoacan on the pacific coast in Mexico for a few weeks on a surf trip. This was 2009, but everybody in town knew "The Big Guy". He paid for schools and roads, ate at the local restaurants, attended church on special occasions. I wouldn't argue there's a safe or easy way to get access to a guy like this, but I doubt it's necessary to go to through drug supply chain. Make friends with the locals.

kuhewa 3y ago
> Make friends with the locals. Maybe the Big Guy might even give a harmless surf bum a head nod in passing if he's being respectful in town. But going down into cartel country to seek out local capos and befriend them for drug business purposes is absolutely horrible advice.
- Fricken 3y ago
  What do you recommend?
  - kuhewa 3y ago
    Him to publish his idea where it can be freely read. If there's something that could make opiate dealing safer and would be profitable and no one has ever thought of it, AND he honestly doesn't care about making a profit, that's all he's got to do. A meeting with a small time cartel affiliate won't make a difference except greatly increase the odds hr gets killed.