By George H. Wittman
Just a few months over three years ago the chief anti-drug officer of Mexico, Noe Ramirez Mandujano, was arrested for providing aid to two of the most powerful figures in the Sinaloa cartel. Reportedly Ramirez Mandujano was paid nearly half a million dollars a month for his assistance. This type of corruption that extends from the local cop to the highest security officers is the reason today why it is possible to maintain the vast drug trafficking empire that is Mexico.
This payoff/bribery system, however, is backed up by physical intimidation. The choice of which method to use has more to do with the background of the leadership than it does the perceived tactical requirements. Some of the organizations running the drug traffic have been in existence for many years. The Sinaloa umbrella of organized crime traces its existence to the days when the "Mafia" bosses from the U.S. Northeast and Midwest States moved a portion of their operations to the West during and after World War II.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/02/24/to-shoot-or-bribe-in-mexico
Just a few months over three years ago the chief anti-drug officer of Mexico, Noe Ramirez Mandujano, was arrested for providing aid to two of the most powerful figures in the Sinaloa cartel. Reportedly Ramirez Mandujano was paid nearly half a million dollars a month for his assistance. This type of corruption that extends from the local cop to the highest security officers is the reason today why it is possible to maintain the vast drug trafficking empire that is Mexico.
This payoff/bribery system, however, is backed up by physical intimidation. The choice of which method to use has more to do with the background of the leadership than it does the perceived tactical requirements. Some of the organizations running the drug traffic have been in existence for many years. The Sinaloa umbrella of organized crime traces its existence to the days when the "Mafia" bosses from the U.S. Northeast and Midwest States moved a portion of their operations to the West during and after World War II.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/02/24/to-shoot-or-bribe-in-mexico
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