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Lots of organized crime around the world manages to operate without cutting all the limbs off somebody then arranging them like flowers in a "vase" made out of
by mikkupikku 9mo ago
Lots of organized crime around the world manages to operate without cutting all the limbs off somebody then arranging them like flowers in a "vase" made out of the poor soul's ribcage. The cartels take violence far beyond what is pragmatically necessary. Their system of crime breeds excessive violence and insanity.
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- AlotOfReading 9mo agoThis stuff mostly followed after the zetas. It was a very deliberate strategy to compete in a hostile landscape that others eventually copied to survive.
- anigbrowl 9mo agoIt's notable that a lot of the Zetas came from a military special forces background, making it seem as if their extreme brutality was a strategic choice inculcated during their training. https://ctc.westpoint.edu/a-profile-of-los-zetas-mexicos-second-most-powerful-drug-cartel/ https://ctc.westpoint.edu/a-profile-of-los-zetas-mexicos-sec...