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How the Zetas Cartel Took Over Mexico With Radios

posted by janrinok on Sunday March 30 2014, @06:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-hear-me-now? dept.

Angry Jesus writes:

Popular Science has a story about the Zetas drug cartel's deployment and use of a vast radio network across much of Mexico and hints at their use of Big-Data/NSA style analysis of thousands of data feeds.

The central character of the story is nondescript radio and car-alarm installer, but once he was captured by US authorities it appears that the Zetas kidnapped the IT talent they needed to keep their networks up and running.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by xlefay on Sunday March 30 2014, @11:03AM

    by xlefay (65) on Sunday March 30 2014, @11:03AM (#23164) Journal

    You're right in general, however, I wouldn't say taxing the hell out of them is a good thing, what's stopping them from simply going to a drug dealer then? Wouldn't it be more beneficial if those drugs first go through a Quality Assurance process and just be bought at your local pharmacy?

    Sure, the price wouldn't be lower because of the QA, but it wouldn't be extremely high considering you're paying what it's "worth" with less health risks than say, getting it from someone who doesn't care about the quality at all. In that case, health care costs might rise for drug users and such but that wouldn't have to be absurdly high.

    note: I'm not a drug user, but I can sure see the advantage of legalizing it.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Techwolf on Sunday March 30 2014, @01:09PM

    by Techwolf (87) on Sunday March 30 2014, @01:09PM (#23200)

    You can tax the hell of them and still be below street price. The main reason drugs are high price is due to the drug war.

    • (Score: 2) by egcagrac0 on Monday March 31 2014, @09:08AM

      by egcagrac0 (2705) on Monday March 31 2014, @09:08AM (#23539)

      The main reason drugs are high price is due to the drug war.

      The main reason drugs are high price is due to people being willing to pay it.