Pablo Escobar's Right-Hand Man Explains Why The Drug War Is Unwinnable

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http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-drug-war-is-unwinnable-2013-2


Velásquez said he has killed about 250 people, but never really counted.

In a five-part series about lessons learned from the failed war on drugs, Jochen-Martin Gutsch and Juan Moreno of Der Spiegel explore possible solutions to a campaign that's had "devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world."

The person who helps them establish the problem is legendary druglord Pablo Escobar's former security chief, Jhon "Popeye" Velásquez, who currently resides in a Cómbita maximum-security prison outside of the Colombian capital of Bogotá.

Popeye helped Escobar industrialize cocaine production, seize control 80 percent of the global cocaine trade, and become one of the richest people on the planet by kidnapping, torturing, and murdering hundreds of people who obstructed the Medellín cartel's business.

When asked: How can we stop people like you? Popeye responds:

"People like me can't be stopped. It's a war. They lose men, and we lose men. They lose their scruples, and we never had any. In the end, you'll even blow up an aircraft because you believe the Colombian president is on board. I don't know what you have to do. Maybe sell cocaine in pharmacies. I've been in prison for 20 years, but you will never win this war when there is so much money to me made. Never."



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1. Not being trite

But Ice T rapped/wrote - our war won't end 'til all wars cease almost 30 years ago . . .

I like what this man said about " never had scruples".

When you live in poverty without opportunity - why wouldn't someone go for broke in any way possible?

Whether you live here or there - if you have nothing to lose - why not get in on the ecosystem of the business?