(Couldn’t find an exisitng topic, so…)
Why is this sort of thing still happening unchallenged…
… when this sort of thing is considered the normal, reasonable, legal way…
U.S. Coast Guard Catches Three Cocaine Boats in a Day Off Cartagena
... and this...
French Navy Seizes Over 3 Tonnes of Cocaine in Operation Supported by MAOC-N – MAOC ( N )
... and this...
Spanish-led Operation Alfa-Lima Results in Major Drug Seizures Across the Atlantic – MAOC ( N )
… explain!
Laziness I guess.
There are many studies of “normalization of deviance” and acceptance of atrocities. The Nuremberg trials produced volumes of testimony from the victims and perpetrators of this phenomenon. More recent history of Asian, South American and African dictators offers enough examples to keep generations of historians asking how this sort of thing can still happen. America is now contributing to the pool from which future researchers will dip.
there is no explanation. It is capitalism at its finest. Supply and demand. The poorest always are hired to do the delivery work, you get hungry enough you’d roll those dice too.At this point killing them on the high seas is like shooting fish in a barrel. Other than satisfying the blood lust of the people doing it there is nothing accomplished. They’ll just ship more via air or land. IF the USA was a part of the ICC they would be hauled before the court for murder. But the US exempts themselves from accountability on most international issues, hypocrisy on steroids.
I just read the article. This is horrible. Does anyone know of a gofundme page where I can donate money to support these poor murdered drug runners? Maybe with enough support we can live in a world where all drug smugglers are rich & safe from being blown to bits. Maybe unionize them? Well anyways, I’m going to write my Congressman & see what we can do to save the drug smugglers. I feel really sad.
It’s like a Telemundo version of Easy Rider at sea with ballistic missiles instead of rednecks with shotguns in a truck. I’m going to use a Sharpie to write “Save The Poor Drug Smugglers” on my Starbucks sipper so everyone knows I care. Big mean dumb US Government!
It seems these last 3 posted replies have missed the point about …
“…normal, reasonable, legal way”
Never mind!
You want to fix YOUR US drug problem?
Fix demand - start by slicing off the noses of the everyday retail users!
When demand disappears, supply will too.
Or this…
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May 18, 2026
European law enforcement agencies say they have disrupted a major transatlantic narcotics corridor known as the “Cocaine Highway,” seizing 11 tonnes of cocaine and 8.5 tonnes of hashish during a coordinated maritime operation targeting offshore trafficking networks operating between the Canary Islands and the Azores.
Yes, Chopshopscotty, a repeat of the 4th linked item in my opening post.
