Posted on 05/28/2012 7:09:53 PM PDT by ruralvoter
A drug cartel lieutenant has been arrested over a series of firebomb attacks on Mexican potato-chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo.
The gang-related bombings are believed to be the first time a multinational company has been targeted in Mexico's 5½-year-long drug war.
Experts suggested that the attack may be linked to the company's apparent refusal to hand over protection money to the gangs which have terrorised local residents and businesses.
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I don’t think the Pepsi trademark appears on Sabrita’s packaging — at least not that I noticed when in Mexico for a while.
The only criterion used by the narcotrafficantes is if they perceive that some one or some entity has some money. They are “equal opportunity thieves.”
Maybe it’s because of the taste.
Seems pretty obvious to me that it isn’t a drug war.
At the very same time Pepsi is pimping Michael Jackson crap? I call it karma...
Those dumb Mexican drug lords don’t know that it’s the Coke not Pepsi that contains coke!
Wow, looks like someone flunked the Pepsi challenge.
Thanks ruralvoter.
Just plain old terrorism.
Are Mexican gangs trying to mimic the Italian Mafia, expanding past the drug trade and human smuggling? Or do they already rival that in terms of extortion, contracts and protection money?
"Before the Mafia took over Mexico".
I think that song was written in the '80s. Damned near prescient on Billy's part, IMO. Regardless of who is copying whom.
Pepsi probably has the capital to equip a small army.
Ping!
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