Crime doesn't pay, mmmkay kids?

[deckster]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7938904....

I'm sure he's a very nasty man, but I couldn't help a wry smile.

[krallicious]

I was just reading that too. Pablo was worth 25 times what the midget is currently worth though back in the day. A future career maybe

Edited by krallicious on Thursday 12th March 14:04

[SS HSV]

Beeb News said:

In 2001, he escaped from a Mexican jail in a laundry truck, having apparently charmed, and bribed the entire prison staff.

His wedding in 2007 to his 18-year-old wife was so heavily guarded that the Mexican army did not attempt to arrest the groom.

Beeb News said:

There is no sign that global drug consumption is falling. And as long as the demand remains, fortunes will be made.

Well at some point there has to be an interface between the cartels and and the law. Naturally it is a very lucritive business for the cartel and anyone else on the payrole. Unfortuately this includes the military as illustrated here

All any government has to do is legalise it, charge street prices, exclude treatment from the welfare state once diagnosed as having a drug induced illness, and there would be enough funding to sort out the world economy.

[AUDIHenry]

Honestly, this isn't that different from the gangsters back in the day bringing in moonshine and making millions. As long as something is illegal there will exist a black market for it.

The way I see it, he's just doing what any capitalist with a set of balls would do.

[Jasandjules]

I think he should write to Forbes and complain that he has more money than that.................