Drug money from the US funds a narco-trafficing organized crime syndicate in Latin America that is more powerful than most central american governments, with bribes to politicians, judges, seemingly Guatemala´s entire police force, even, perhaps entire political parties.
I didn´t even know there WAS a Latin American mafia. Turns out there not only is one, but it´s our fault.
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cnn.com
February 26, 2007
CUILAPA, Guatemala (AP) -- Gunmen stormed a Guatemalan prison and gunned down four jailed police officers in a mafia hit that was aimed at stopping investigators from finding out who ordered the brutal slayings of three Salvadoran politicians and their driver last week...
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This got big play in the NYT over the weekend, as well. They reported it as breaking news...those of us who read peterschell.blogspot.com, of course, knew of this all a week ago. Which tells you something. Namely that Peter is clearly writing to us all from The Future. Any hot stock tips?
I saw the article in the NYTimes too. It sounded like there's some pretty scarry stuff going on down there - corruption, violence, drugs, etc., so do be careful! Mum
Seems like it would have nothing on the National Headquarters of the PTA...
You should check out a book Atticus lent me called "Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail" by Thomas McFadden and Rusty Young. It's a great look at the strangeness and depth of corruption from a very hands-on experience.
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