Subject: Re: Drug Boat blown up
I'm not ok with it

I'm conflicted. On the one hand, cartel criminality is not debatable.

But...

I worked closely with all the agencies involved with Operation Stonegarden on cases involving boats/drugs/immigrants in S.Calif waters. Some we found, some they found and we were called in to assist in recovering and securing the vessels pending resolution of the investigation.

Here's the thing. Many of the crews were commercial fishermen that El Chapo's guys would recruit from fishing villages with 2 choices; plata or plomo/ silver or lead. Some boats had immigrants, some drugs, some both with immigrants required to carry cargo from landing sites to vehicles.

A lot of people fled these guys and are now being shipped back to god-only-knows what kind of reception.

A friend of mine is now a USCG Commander (hopefully) about to get his own 'boat'. He's done everything including saying hello with the machine gun and 'disabling' gofasts with a 50 caliber rifle from the gun door. When a go-fast is detected and he launches a helo and RIB, the outcome is certain. The target stops and surrenders or lead comes raining down on the stern. The RIB arrests the crew and secures the vessel under air cover.

Summary execution is a new thing. Trump has decided it's okay to be judge, jury, executioner.

We may have just liquified people facing the plata/plomo option.

It's only people, right? No shortage of them on this orb.