I read recently of smugglers busted with $18 million worth of meth hidden in a vegetable shipment. It was around 16 tons. For the smugglers, Aside from of going to prison, are the smugglers indebted to the cartel or do the cartels see it as a cost of doing business?
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These are often unstable people. There is no doubt they do kill people due to mistakenly believing they scammed them or simply out of anger. Some cartels are significantly more violent than others. Still, in general, it is such a significant part of the cost of doing business that it would be impractical to be punishing people for every mistake. They’re not actually losing $18M, either. That’s always the value in the destination country. The fact so much of it is seized is part of why it’s more expensive in the US.
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