Pictures of major drug dealer's home in Mexico after being busted

[skel1983]

Not suppose to have pets


Hey even Tony Montana didn't have some exotic cats.

[Oggie]

Crazy stuff really, hard to believe any human could possibly want (let alone need) that much. Where is it all going? At what point do they feel satisfied with what they've got? Or is it just compulsion to want more and more no matter what?
I'm aware that my post was unnecessarily deep, but it just boggles my mind!

[mattboxingfan]

Thats insane! That was like the real Tony Montana all that money was unreal. Any clue how much they actually found?

[Saddo]

WOW eat your heart out siegfried and roy

[0james0]

................shit! That was one of my houses!

[No Contest]

I wonder what they do with all that money? They should give it to the poor right?

[No Contest]

Btw who the hell uses gold plated automatic rifles? They tend to get real hot, and having a shiny weapon in a gunfight isnt exactly useful.

[amat]

Oh shit! I'm sorry but that's badass! I mean holy shit, give me one day in that life! That's absolutely crazy. Who was that? If they did that in Hollywood, would seem unrealistic. Daaaammmmnnn. Those guns were nuuuuts. I love the .50 cal drawers. Those things are like 8 dollars each. I know it's nothin but you could take just that and make thousands in the states.

My favorite pic is this one.

http://poststuff6.entensity.net/092410/druglord/31.jpg

Has anyone ever seen a Mexican newspaper? When someone gets murdered in America, they put the picture of the victim in the paper from an old DMV shot. In Mexico, if you are burned and left in a ditch with 7 other people, then your burned carcass is making the paper. It's truly nuts how much bloodshed goes on down there, and there's definitely a WHOLE lot of blood money in that house. I mean it's almost like they are desensitized to violence just through their fucken newspapers. They would make a normal American vomit.

[amat]

My guess is there was probably another row of money stacks. How the fuck did they penetrate that place? Anyone know who this guy was? I mean it would take a giant militia to take that down I would think. That's A LOT of firepower.

[amat]

It reminds me of that scene from Traffic though. We will NEEEEEVER be able to outspend these guys.

[Nameless]

I've read quite a bit about the drug war in MExico and the biggest head over here, Beltran, is considered to be the 67th biggest fortune in the world He worth a couple billions and they estimate that clear, he's making around one million a day.... that's quite ludicrous when you compare that to the whole annual budget the army and cops have every year to fight these guys.

[Gandalf]

I've read quite a bit about the drug war in MExico and the biggest head over here, Beltran, is considered to be the 67th biggest fortune in the world He worth a couple billions and they estimate that clear, he's making around one million a day.... that's quite ludicrous when you compare that to the whole annual budget the army and cops have every year to fight these guys.

This may seem like a dumb question, but if we know full well who these drug barons are, then why aren't they all being locked up? You can't be taking home that much money through such a trade and be getting away with it.

All of our societies are awash with drugs and I find it quite foul. It's up to the individual what they partake in, but I prefer being part of a society where drugs are hard to come by.

Just as the drug cartels have become immune to violence, so too have we become ever more immune from good old fashioned values. I like the old notion of the working man that comes home from a days graft to have a quiet pint. I don't like the notion of the working man that comes home from a days graft to have a pint and then snort a line of coke.

Maybe it's daft for me to think that way considering that both alter the mental equlibrium, but that's just the way I feel. As I get older I get increasingly old fashioned.

[kingfrnk]

I could live that life.. Fuk it

[Nameless]

I've read quite a bit about the drug war in MExico and the biggest head over here, Beltran, is considered to be the 67th biggest fortune in the world He worth a couple billions and they estimate that clear, he's making around one million a day.... that's quite ludicrous when you compare that to the whole annual budget the army and cops have every year to fight these guys.

This may seem like a dumb question, but if we know full well who these drug barons are, then why aren't they all being locked up? You can't be taking home that much money through such a trade and be getting away with it.

All of our societies are awash with drugs and I find it quite foul. It's up to the individual what they partake in, but I prefer being part of a society where drugs are hard to come by.

Just as the drug cartels have become immune to violence, so too have we become ever more immune from good old fashioned values. I like the old notion of the working man that comes home from a days graft to have a quiet pint. I don't like the notion of the working man that comes home from a days graft to have a pint and then snort a line of coke.

Maybe it's daft for me to think that way considering that both alter the mental equlibrium, but that's just the way I feel. As I get older I get increasingly old fashioned.

They aren't locked up because they have no permanent residency (or under another's name) and because they have enough cash to have their very own private doctor and false identity papers as much as they pleased. Don't get me wrong, nobody's untouchable but in such a poor country when you have more money than you can ever spend, where corruption is the rule.... it's very easy to cheat the system for a VERY long time, especially when you have your own private commando and when they are better equipped than the governmental force. Some of them got busted lately, the Ayala Cartel got a good blow lately but they are still strong and there is also the Zettas (another super group created from former's Ayala top guys). They have also some strong support in some places where they give money for charity or help some who needs it, a guy with an empty belly will unlikely cheat the one who feeds him. The war is not only against crime, it also involves a part of the population. Keep also in mind that to be "legit", the Government must play by the legal rules otherwise the bad guys can be released for breach of procedures and shit like that, the cartels, on the other hands, can play galore on both boards, which makes it much easier for them. Even if you know who are the kingpins, if you can't get them, it's not that much of a win and even if you know who he's hanging with or people that are likely to be in his gang, you must have absolute proof against them or you can only observe, a bit like Al Capone in Chicago till he got caught for Fiscal Evasion.
A few months ago, the Governmental forces busted up a submarine worth a few millions that the gang created to smuggle drugs a bit everywhere, it was of good quality enough to carry drugs through the Ocean and the experts are saying that though it might slows them a bit, the value of the submarine is pocket money for these guys...
Also, take in count that within a few months, 28 000 persons died from that war... can you imagine, 28 000!! It's one of the highest death rate for a country fighting criminals inside its very own boundaries in an internal thing.

A few articles on different aspects of the problem:

Arrested Mexican Kingpin Sheds Light On Drug War : NPR

Death toll in Mexico's drug war raised to 28,000 | La Plaza | Los Angeles Times

This Week at War: Is Mexico's Drug War Doomed? - By Robert Haddick | Foreign Policy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_635016.html

[No Contest]

Mexico is highly corrupt, I remember reading about how El Chapo would have huge parties in jail when he was locked up, complete with hookers and blow. Basically another Escobar situation. Also alot of the people down there care more for the drug lords than their own government, which does very little as far as helping the poor with programs and such. There is not alot options so they grow weed, traffic etc for these guys. I say legalize it and you will see less death involved. Obviously having it illegal is not stopping anything.