Wouldn't doubt if some are forced to do it over threat to their families.

Fishing boats didn't have 4 outboard motors

ABATTBQ11 said:

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Fishing boats didn't have 4 outboard motors

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But in the US, they must have two. My late uncle lived and Florida and loved saltwater fishing. He had a single engine boat and went too far offshore to go fishing back in the early 80s. It was time for them to come home but couldn't get the boat motor to start. (Uncle was a great doctor but knew crap about mechanical things. Just needed to clean and regap the sparkplugs.) Three days the Coast Guard was looking for him. He was fined a boatload of money for that one. Soo, my uncle bought a new boat with multiple motors and to prove a point (because he was in the Navy during WWII, he got certified to not only pilot a boat on open water far offshore, he also was certified to navigate the Panama Canal.

He seldom took defeat for being ignorant lightly. He was a researcher and professor. Learning was his thing. He was so embarrassed that he put his family through that, he studied and took courses to learn what to check for when boat motors malfunctioned.

But one thing he never could understand was me. I was a civil trial attorney, yet he asked me multiple times how I could defend rapists and murderers. Which I never did. OTOH, I DID defend insurance companies in civil actions, which was probably almost as bad in his mind, since he was a doctor.

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Bayou City said:

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The CDG killed the sicarios because they hit the wrong group, caused alot of unwanted attention, and more than anything: knew to much about the real target and who planned it etc. it had nothing to do with appeasing the US. They out a statement after to keep their Robinhood image. Thinking they got hit and the statement got released to appease the US is just an ego centric American Paradigm.

The cartels are the Government in most of Mexico. They are the law and they are the order. It's crazy to think but most of the cartels are far less of a PITA for locals the SSC and estado Police / guardia nacional.

We live here and the police are by far more law less than the areas controlled by only a single cartel. Where it gets dangerous is when they're in a turn war. Otherwise they make things work oddly enough.

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I only care about the U.S., they can have Mexico, and if Americans want to risk their lives going to a crappy country, go for it.

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It is the only country that I can think of that is more corrupt than Russia or Ukraine.

And, yes … it is a sh*t hole.

FREEDOM BONER!!!!!

Damn they're getting exponentially more bad guys. Here I was worried they'd run out of steam.

Not just Venezuela. The US said there was one survivor in these hits and Mexican Navy picked him up. Said the 2 countries are coordinating together. The last strike is clear evidence of drug bundles. They were not hiding it.

"Pepe, it's your turn to drive the boat."

Pepe: Adios amigos.

Wrong thread, but I'll leave it...

JUST IN - Trump admin designates Cartel de los Soles, comprised of high-ranking Venezuelan military and government officials, a foreign terrorist organization. pic.twitter.com/FyIb2st197

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 24, 2025

NEW: 13 Dem members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting AG Bondi and Sec Hegseth declassify and release the DOJ OLC opinion—which the committee reviewed last week—on the Trump admin’s 21 "unauthorized" Caribbean boat strikes that have killed 83 people. pic.twitter.com/D1PzOb1XcQ

— Tyler McBrien (@TylerMcBrien) November 24, 2025

In regards to the Designated Foreign Terrorist Label, when will these organizations get smart and go nameless?

I guess they have to have some way of identifying each other because competition is fearless.

Nameless is hard because there is no way to tie operational (ie cash) flow and support without some kind of signifier. These groups will be referred to as... something. Whether they name it or not. They'll get identified, and then labelled and then you're off an running.

And completely independent cells won't work as you need to be able to ensure transportation of product and the entry and exit points will be controlled by... someone. So money, product and power are all commodities that people will want and they'll continue to grab in the most ruthless way possible because that's how this business is played.

American Hardwood said:

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Democrats just can't help themselves but side with harming America at every opportunity.

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When you work for Soros your #1 job is the destruction of the U.S. and the end of liberty and freedom.

IndividualFreedom said:

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In regards to the Designated Foreign Terrorist Label, when will these organizations get smart and go nameless?

I guess they have to have some way of identifying each other because competition is fearless.

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Bitcoin.

Easier to trace money before.

Bayou City said:

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The cartels run most of the major police forces in the US. Three letter federal agencies too. Their payroll doesn't stop at the Border.

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I think you might have it the other way around. The three letter agencies and their cut outs run the cartels and allow them to operate. Our intel services are the best drug dealers, money launderers and best at doing illegal activities because they are above the law and have to "break the law" to catch the "real bad guys".

Or better yet, call themselves the IRS or ICE depending on which side of the isle you are on

ALERT — Mexico said it has handed over 37 suspected members of organized crime gangs to the United States, after President Donald Trump threatened ground attacks against drug cartelshttps://t.co/XWaIS6HBzy

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 20, 2026

will25u said:

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ALERT — Mexico said it has handed over 37 suspected members of organized crime gangs to the United States, after President Donald Trump threatened ground attacks against drug cartelshttps://t.co/XWaIS6HBzy

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 20, 2026

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Somebody didn't pay their mordida…..

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aggie93 said:

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Every day that passes without Trump ordering an attack on the cartels directly but having also authorized military action makes me think they are planning something very coordinated and very big. There are few groups Trump wants to make an example out of than the cartels and they are begging for it. We have plenty of historical precedence for sending our troops into Mexico and I think we are setting up for a significant operation. I think Trump wants all his guys in place and a plan that is tight as a drum to inflict maximum damage with minimal risk to US Troops.

We will see.

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Mexicans didn't like the last time we had to clean out the trash in 1917!

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I might know this guy…

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