So a medically certified retard with a law degree was charged with the deaths of his co conspirators by government police? What else was going the guardian gave this guy a real good sob story.
Sinaloa Cartel tells Mexican President that he has 72 hours to give up El Chapo’s kid or they’re going to start after military/government officials, civilians, and set fire to gas stations.
Situations just getting worse, they definitely won’t release him either.
It's been getting worse since the 2000's. This used to be unheard of, small time criminals being sociopaths what's new there but these sociopaths forming a large enough group to become a de facto military presence that can stand against the state? Right on our doorstep? And the US doesn't care? Lol
They are essentially going to hold multiple territories hostage until this kid is released. It hasn't even been a whole day yet since the fightig started and already casualties are thought to be in the hundreds between state and criminal casualties.
Nah, they may have started as regular people but to be a member of a cartel is not as simple as telling them I want to join. You have to prove yourself in some way it's not easy. Rather, moral. It could be easy for some.
They don't need to issue their own currency when they effectively run the markets. You can't set up a shop or run trucks across highways without negotiating for their "safety". Multiply this by their 33 territories and you have a nice little market to extort. Arms/human trafficking, legitimate businesses, Oil markets, crypto, to name a few as well as their drug networks.
This is an overt display of power but they've been running shit for a while. The last president was found to have been taking bribes from El Chapo.