387: Tom Wainwright | How to Run a Drug Cartel
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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Coca Cultivation and Cartel Dynamics
This chapter examines the economic factors driving coca cultivation in Bolivia and Mexico, highlighting the challenges of competing against lucrative cartel operations. It explores the complexities faced by initiatives aiming to replace coca with alternative crops while delving into the violent realities and operational strategies of drug cartels. The discussion also addresses the risks encountered by journalists covering this perilous landscape and the troubling intertwining of local economies with cartel power.
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