On Monday, October 23, 2023 at 8:35:24 PM UTC, ltlee1 wrote:
On Monday, October 23, 2023 at 6:25:31 PM UTC, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/report-sinaloa-cartel-now-killing- fentanyl-producers/ar-AA1irUV4
When banners went up announcing that the Sinaloa drug cartel had given up the sale and production of fentanyl, authorities were understandably wary. But members of the cartel, the leading exporter of fentanyl to the US, say cartel leaders are serious—deadly serious. A "midlevel Sinaloa cartel operative" who ran a fentanyl lab before closing up shop to comply with the cartel's stated ban tells the Wall Street Journal that he knows of five people who were killed for defying the ban. Human rights activist Miguel Angel Murillo of the Sinaloa Civic Front adds that most of the dozen people who've disappeared or been kidnapped in the past 10 days are thought to be "linked to the ban on fentanyl."
"You have been warned," concluded the banners announcing the fentanyl ban, signed by the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. They appeared following a series of blows to the cartel. In January, one of El Chapo's sons, Ovidio Guzman, was captured by Mexican security forces in a deadly gun battle. Then in April, the US indicted all four Guzman brothers and dozens of their associates, with the Drug Enforcement Administration claiming to have infiltrated the highest level of the cartel. A Mexican security consultant tells the Journal that cartel leaders now fear getting arrested and extradited to the US, as Ovidio Guzman was last month, per Reuters. They may believe that moving away from fentanyl will get authorities off their backs.
The midlevel operative says the cartel intends to let the rival Jalisco New Generation Cartel, another leading fentanyl producer, take the fall for the drug while it focuses its attention elsewhere. "Although the core business of the Sinaloa cartel traditionally centers on illegal narcotics, say US officials, the criminal group has diversified into other illicit activities such as widespread extortion," the Journal reports. The operative also discussed trafficking in guns from the US. Still, US authorities remain doubtful that Sinaloa's fentanyl production will be stopped, given that so many people make a living from the opioid. They liken the cartel's claims to a public relations ploy, adding they've seen no sign of any real change.
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We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019. Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
In the Godfather movie, younger generation of the Corleone did try to go legit.
Is the Sinaloa Cartel also trying to go legit? Is it to plot "to let the rival Jalisco
New Generation Cartel, another leading fentanyl producer, take the fall for the
drug"?
May be the warning was just Sinaloa Cartel PR effort in response to louder
and louder US voice on using military force.
"And yet here we are: There is a growing chorus of U.S. lawmakers, pundits, and presidential candidates
proposing the United States use military force on Mexico’s sovereign territory, without Mexico’s permission
if necessary, in order to combat drug cartels. In the early days of the 118th Congress, two Republican
representatives introduced an Authorization for Use of Military Force bill to empower the military to conduct
operations in Mexico against cartels. “We must start treating [the cartels] like ISIS,” explained one of the bill’s
sponsors, Rep. Dan Crenshaw. Sen. Lindsey Graham followed their lead, telling Fox News that he would “tell
the Mexican government, if you don’t clean up your act, we’re going to clean it up for you.” And at the first two
Republican presidential debates, multiple candidates embraced the idea of using military force on Mexican
soil as well. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged to use military force in Mexico on “day one” of his hypothetical
presidency. Even the supposedly moderate Nikki Haley proposed delivering an ultimatum to Mexico’s
president on the use of U.S. military force on Mexican soil while on the campaign trail: “You know what you
tell the Mexican president? Either you do it, or we do it.”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/03/mexico-republicans-us-america-invade-drugs-migration-cartels/
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