Re:Legalising marijuana: the view from Mexico
by javajosh on Saturday November 10, 2012 @04:13AM
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Variation of second point: Kill political leaders who are against legalization, and make it clear it's because of their position on this issue. This would imply that pro-legalization people are willing to murder to get their way, and so in sympathy the public would vote against legalization. [Call this the 'anti-legalization martyr' play.]
Re:Legalising marijuana: the view from Mexico
by Androsynth on Saturday November 10, 2012 @12:53PM
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They are able to kill with relative impunity in Mexico because the Govt isnt big enough or strong enough to stop them. If they killed an American politician, regardless of which side they are on, it would draw the focus of the US law enforcement agencies. This would cause them some very serious issues.
They have been careful to keep the violence south of the border and I think they are cognizant of the fact that killing south of the Rio Grande brings profit, killing north of the Rio Grande can bring ruin.
Re:Legalising marijuana: the view from Mexico
by olalonde on Saturday November 10, 2012 @04:52AM
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- Financially support the prison lobby (which is strongly opposed to drug legalization).
Re:Legalising marijuana: the view from Mexico
by njharman on Saturday November 10, 2012 @10:06AM
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The smart cartels have certainly invested in the U.S. prison industry. Great hedge against their drug business. Not to mention phenomenal growth because of "war" on drugs.
Proly make money running the drug smuggling as loss-leader just to keep prisons full.
Re:Legalising marijuana: the view from Mexico
by Androsynth on Saturday November 10, 2012 @12:34PM
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or...they could go to a big time lobbying firm and have the media do all that, but in a legal and more effective fashion. They may not be sophisticated enough to do something that simple, but it would be far more effective to pay experts to do the dirty work than handle it yourself.
edit: to answer PGs question, follow the money trail.
- Go to both main cities where marijuana is legalized and make up fake scenes where marijuana seems to be responsible for some tragedy (like multiple fatal car accidents where there is marijuana all over the car). People love sensationalism and controversies.
- Another way is so to lobby for all the politicians who strongly oppose legalization (using a legal company as facade of course)
- Another way is to kill political leaders that are in favor of legalization and make it look like unrelated accidents/crimes (otherwise the movement gets sympathy by the victimization of the cause).
Their weak point is that they are not as organized as one may think; and their savageness sometimes lead them to do stupid things (like kidnapping hackers to steal credit cards); most of them are probably not tech savy so there may be many ways to intercept their communications.