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"The vessel was not carrying drugs" Why wouldn't they track it and wait until it rendezvoused with people they could arrest? Also, today I learned it's illega

"The vessel was not carrying drugs" Why wouldn't they track it and wait until it rendezvoused with people they could arrest? Also, today I learned it's illegal to operate a semi-submersible in Colombia.

achow 1y ago
Perhaps because they watched it long enough to know that it is not going to rendezvous with anyone, and if they wait longer it may turn around and they will lose sight of it?
- LorenPechtel 1y ago
  It very well might have a camera--they knew they had been seen and couldn't just tail it.
  - 93po 1y ago
    it'd be really silly to have a long distance anything with full starlink bandwidth and not transmit images or video. they would have seen law enforcement catch it and poke at it for sure. and even if it was just telemetry, they'd see it was stationary for some period of time, and maybe even detect it was out of the water for a prolonged period of time
DanielVZ 1y ago
I wonder how much of this is just a publicity stunt. Last time I dove deep into studying corruption in Latin America at University, Colombia was pretty much captive to the cartels. Hope it has gotten better now but I’m not sure if that’s the case given the massive Colombian diaspora that keeps increasing.
- mdhb 1y ago
  I just came across this podcast in the last week after wondering what ever happened to the FARC and AUC (right wing death squads) after the peace deal. How did things end up playing out relative compared to what was expected and feared at the time. It’s a pretty batshit story that focuses on what became of the right wing death squads (they run the start of the cocaine supply chain it turns out among many other things) that’s extremely well researched and has amazing access. A strong recommendation from me https://insightcrime.org/audio-from-the-ground-up/the-shadow-of-el-dorado-podcast/ https://insightcrime.org/audio-from-the-ground-up/the-shadow...
  - philipallstar 1y ago
    FARC was left-wing death squads; AUC far right counter-death squads.
    - jrflowers 1y ago
      What is a counter-death squad? A ragtag band of obstetricians? Unless there’s a type of killing that doesn’t involve death, looks like the AUC was a far right wing death squad. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapirip%C3%A1n_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapirip%C3%A1n_massacre
      - philipallstar 1y ago
        A death squad to attack the other death squads.
        jrflowers 1y ago
        Seems like all those civilians that they chainsawed to death wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to make that distinction
- chasil 1y ago
  The thought is that things had improved in Columbia, until a recent attempt on a Columbian senator. Miguel Uribe is in the minority conservative party and was shot three times at campaign event by an underage youth who was hired for this purpose. A number of arrests have taken place. The leftist president Gustavo Petro has not strongly reacted against this event, and the U.S. recently recalled their ambassador for somewhat confusing reasons (Columbia did the same). https://thecitypaperbogota.com/ https://thecitypaperbogota.com/

achow 1y ago

Perhaps because they watched it long enough to know that it is not going to rendezvous with anyone, and if they wait longer it may turn around and they will lose sight of it?

LorenPechtel 1y ago
It very well might have a camera--they knew they had been seen and couldn't just tail it.
- 93po 1y ago
  it'd be really silly to have a long distance anything with full starlink bandwidth and not transmit images or video. they would have seen law enforcement catch it and poke at it for sure. and even if it was just telemetry, they'd see it was stationary for some period of time, and maybe even detect it was out of the water for a prolonged period of time

DanielVZ 1y ago

I wonder how much of this is just a publicity stunt. Last time I dove deep into studying corruption in Latin America at University, Colombia was pretty much captive to the cartels. Hope it has gotten better now but I’m not sure if that’s the case given the massive Colombian diaspora that keeps increasing.

mdhb 1y ago
I just came across this podcast in the last week after wondering what ever happened to the FARC and AUC (right wing death squads) after the peace deal. How did things end up playing out relative compared to what was expected and feared at the time. It’s a pretty batshit story that focuses on what became of the right wing death squads (they run the start of the cocaine supply chain it turns out among many other things) that’s extremely well researched and has amazing access. A strong recommendation from me https://insightcrime.org/audio-from-the-ground-up/the-shadow-of-el-dorado-podcast/ https://insightcrime.org/audio-from-the-ground-up/the-shadow...
- philipallstar 1y ago
  FARC was left-wing death squads; AUC far right counter-death squads.
  - jrflowers 1y ago
    What is a counter-death squad? A ragtag band of obstetricians? Unless there’s a type of killing that doesn’t involve death, looks like the AUC was a far right wing death squad. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapirip%C3%A1n_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapirip%C3%A1n_massacre
    - philipallstar 1y ago
      A death squad to attack the other death squads.
      - jrflowers 1y ago
        Seems like all those civilians that they chainsawed to death wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to make that distinction
chasil 1y ago
The thought is that things had improved in Columbia, until a recent attempt on a Columbian senator. Miguel Uribe is in the minority conservative party and was shot three times at campaign event by an underage youth who was hired for this purpose. A number of arrests have taken place. The leftist president Gustavo Petro has not strongly reacted against this event, and the U.S. recently recalled their ambassador for somewhat confusing reasons (Columbia did the same). https://thecitypaperbogota.com/ https://thecitypaperbogota.com/