Couple killed in shootout on I-40 transporting $3 million in cocaine from drug cartel

CBS Austin ^ | 05/14/2024 | Jamie Burch

[E. Pluribus Unum]

At least they died doing something they loved. 🤡

[ShadowAce]

I knew a guy (a friend of a friend) who decided to earn some extra money in retirement by bringing drugs up from Florida to New York.

Well, that's the story the cops told.

[Lurker]

“ Some people think that legalizing drugs will stop this.”

When was the last time the Coors got got in a shootout with the Miller guy?

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[jonascord]

The cartels no doubt ratted them out. Removes competition, and gives the popo a chance to burnish their image. Win-Win.

Have felt, for many years, that drug laws are only price supports for the cartels. Were I king for a day, I'll legalize all drugs, and require that 8 oz bags of pure drugs be sold over the counter at true cost of manufacture. About $5 per pound.

There would be a sharp, temporary spike in ODs, but it is not as if they were working on an FTL drive or a cure for cancer. No great loss.

[Zhang Fei]

[Have felt, for many years, that drug laws are only price supports for the cartels. Were I king for a day, I’ll legalize all drugs, and require that 8 oz bags of pure drugs be sold over the counter at true cost of manufacture. About $5 per pound.

There would be a sharp, temporary spike in ODs, but it is not as if they were working on an FTL drive or a cure for cancer. No great loss.]

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I tend to agree. It’s not common knowledge that drugs were legal until Drug Prohibition in 1914.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act

The years before that were some of the fastest-growing the nation has ever seen. Like alcohol, drugs were not and are not a cause of national decline. No one is forced to become a substance abuser.

[wardaddy]

Desperados
Makes no sense honestly

[Fireone]

I once knew an airline pilot, who told me he had been offered 500k to fly a DC-3 from Mexico to Arizona, back in the 70’s.
He knew better.

[roving]

“They obviously did not want to get caught by law enforcement, but probably, most likely, was more afraid of the (Mexican drug) cartel than they were being caught.”

[Jane Long]

Trash was taken out.

Shouldn’t the headline read ‘transporting $3m in cocaine FOR drug cartel’?

They didn’t steal the cocaine, from the cartel .... they were transporting it FOR the cartel.

[South Dakota]

Fk around and find out?

[Tijeras_Slim]

A skydiving business I frequented in the late 70’s sold their DC-3 to an “oil company” to use in Alaska. They got a call three months later that it had been found in the Everglades. That’s some really bad navigation.

[xoxox]

So, a happy ending, then?

[A strike]

They needed a “semi-truck’ to transport $3 million in cocaine?

[fwdude]

When was the last time the Coors got got in a shootout with the Miller guy?

Or, when was the last time a family lost their lives by an intoxicated driver?

[GranTorino]

During prohibition?

[joethedrummer]

Sounds like the movie: “We’re The Millers”!

Moving a ‘smidge’ of dope for Pablo Chicone..