fucking hell. that article makes you wonder how much the American tentacles of the beast mirror what's described here as happening in Mexico.
One officer in the P.F.P.'s anti-trafficking division told me that 10 high-level officials in the state of Sonora share a $200,000 weekly payoff from traffickers, a gargantuan sum of money for Mexico. The officer told me with a frozen smile that he was powerless to do anything about it.
''Some officials are not only on the organization's payroll, they are key players in the organization,'' an official at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City told me. ''Corruption is the most important reason these networks are so successful.''
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hammadithrowaway ago
fucking hell. that article makes you wonder how much the American tentacles of the beast mirror what's described here as happening in Mexico.