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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi... by bob33212 on Friday July 17, 2020 @08:39PM (#23877813)
When everyone knows that they can either get paid off or get killed most people choose to be paid off.
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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi... by dylan604 on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:33PM (#23878425)
It is an either/or situation. Neither is not an option. Not taking the money means you can't be trusted not to talk, you still get killed.
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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi... by dzamo_norton on Monday July 20, 2020 @12:13PM (#23899242)
And the final possibility, namely both, probably happens a fair bit.
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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi... by nradov on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:30PM (#23878414)
"Plata o plomo" (silver or lead)
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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi... by posterboy on Saturday July 18, 2020 @06:00AM (#23880313)
Plata o diploma
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