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		jwilber on July 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous f... Less than a year ago a cartel literally out-gunned the government to recapture the cartel head’s son from the police [0]. They literally overpowered and brought the city to a standstill. They run Mexico, no illusions anymore. Still a beautiful place to visit fwiw. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Culiacán

ponker on July 18, 2020 [–]

Going for a capture rather than a kill was the core mistake in this operation. Shoulda just droned him.

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