Labeling Mexican Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Expose U.S. Companies to Sanctions
Labeling Mexican Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Expose U.S. Companies to Sanctions
Isolating U.S. companies from cartel activities could be almost impossible given that the criminal groups operate in sectors like agriculture and tourism, leaving some American businesses vulnerable to sanctions.
I guess Mexican drug cartels are the backbone of the US economy now 🤣
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I mean to be fair the entire finance sector relies heavily on cocaine.
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Say what you want about the failsons of neoliberalism, that are
MexicanLatina American "cartels" (are they really cartels?), but they're the ones propping up the U.S economy I guess, if not acting as its pseudo-state actor military force for primitive accumulation and rentseekingThe multinational banana producer Chiquita Brands was found liable in 2024 for killings by a Colombian right-wing paramilitary group that was designated as a terrorist organization. Chiquita Brands said that it had been extorted by the paramilitary group and forced to make payments to protect its Colombian employees. Plaintiffs, however, argued that the company had paid the paramilitary group to run out residents to buy land at depressed values.
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There is a reason the clearly losing war on drugs has continued for nearly a century. Instead of adjusting to more logical regulating of substances like we learned from alcohol prohibition, the war on drugs marches on.