The Strategy to Target Mexico’s Most Powerful Cartel Leaders (Pierre Rausini Returns)
Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' VargasShow Notes
On today’s episode, Vince welcomes back Pierre Rausini to break down a reported U.S. covert strategy, ‘Operation Seattle,’ putting pressure on Mexico’s cartels, political elites, and financial networks. They go inside the complex web of cartel power, money laundering, and U.S. leverage in Latin America.
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:41) The Effects of the Events in Venezuela on the Drug Trade
(13:31) Reported Agreement B/T Trump and Sheimbaum to Take Down Cartel Leaders
(14:26) Leaked Information of Operation Sierra
(15:46) Why Taking Out Kingpins Doesn't Work as a Strategy
(17:32) Targeting Money Launderers Is the Key to Disrupting Drug Trade
(28:43 ) How Targeting Narco Tunnels Works
(33:32) Targeting Tunnel Chokepoints and Not Shipments to Disrupt Operations
(40:45) Tactics of Tractor Trailer Operations vs. Tunnels
(57:54) The Plaza System - How Narco Tax Collectors Work
(01:07:42) What Drug World Could Look Like in 5 Years
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