Eli5: How do high level narco members stay hidden, while living very wealthy?

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I am more talking about the bosses. I just can’t understand what they do with their money to enjoy it. I mean if you are on a most wanted list, I assume you can’t drive around in a 400k luxury car or stay in the biggest house with all the extravagant parties.

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I don’t see anyone saying this – but stability.

When you knock out high level members, it creates power vacuums that often lead to a much worse situation for awhile.

If you are going to take down organizations, you try to cut out as big a part as you can – that way the remaining structure has to accept being folded into another criminal group that is now going to take over. Someday the new group will be targeted, but for the meanwhile they will transition in mostly peacefully.

If you take out only a couple people, especially high up, you kick off internal wars for who takes lead and you kick off external wars with the other groups who sees an opportunity .

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