CIA Contra Crack and LA Gangs (fwd)

[Asgaard]

On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Rich Graves wrote:

> lying around. Yes, some contras and some sandinistas and some martistas and
> *lots* of the senderos and M-19 ran drugs. That's what happens when you
> criminalize a political movement -- political figures become criminals in
> order to survive. (When the crime they're involved is simply free trade in
> criminalized agricultural products, it just adds another layer of irony.)

But also many 'legitimate' political movements in South American countries
engage in the cocaine trade (the President of Colombia etc). And why
shouldn't they. Here, the South countries at least have one commodity that
is highly prized in the North countries. It's very bad economy not to profit
from this.

Asgaard