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Chapter 72 - Chapter 72: We Are the Best Partners!

In the waters between Ensenada and Guadalupe Island, fishing was quite abundant, and many fishermen liked to work in these areas.

An old fishing boat with a harsh-sounding engine was fishing in nearby waters. Young Coulibaly followed behind his father, helping to pull the fishing nets with all his strength, hauling up the net bags with machinery amid shouts in Mexican slang.

Coulibaly hadn't caught his breath yet when he heard his father cursing. He looked up and his pupils contracted.

Half a corpse lay among the fish, the upper body completely gone. The wound looked like it had been bitten off by some fierce predator.

Though finding a dead person at sea was surprising and unlucky, those who worked at sea year-round just casually tossed it aside to bury on shore later.

Discovering corpses in Mexico was all too normal. If you saw a plastic bag thrown on the ground in busy downtown areas, never go look out of curiosity - you'd find it contained a pile of... human remains.

In September 2019, in a well outside Guadalajara in Jalisco state, someone smelled a terrible stench. Police recovered piles of minced meat and tissue that, when pieced together, amounted to approximately 119 bodies.

Why approximately?

Because some bodies could never be fully assembled!

Drug dealers loved chopping each other into pieces when fighting, as if this could intimidate enemies.

The crew thought this was an isolated incident, but when three consecutive nets hauled up corpses, the captain finally sensed something wrong and returned to port overnight.

Back at port, Coulibaly saw many fishing boats and learned from them that they'd also caught bodies.

This quickly alarmed Ensenada police, who sent people over. These fishing boats had collectively caught 167 corpses.

This number kept rising.

Many familiar tattoos were found on these bodies, preliminarily determined to be local drug dealers who'd drifted over from Guadalupe Island.

This quickly alarmed local government, and they deduced a "major incident" had occurred on Guadalupe Island!

By the time word reached Tijuana trafficking group's Ramón, this news had spread rapidly.

Under media influence, it burst out of Baja California state and began boiling throughout Mexico.

...

At this time, Victor was "constructing" Guadalupe Island's infrastructure.

Drug dealers had accidentally "fallen into the sea," and their "inheritance" without heirs could only be confiscated entirely.

On Guadalupe Island, Victor was the state!

What?

You say you're some drug dealer's son?

Then you're definitely also a drug dealer. To inherit, you must first take a shell. Only if you don't die will I acknowledge you as a legitimate heir.

Eliminating drug dealers yielded over $16 million in funds, plus 100 kilograms of gold and countless jewelry.

Simply a windfall!

What principle does this illustrate?

Do things cleanly - when someone takes you down, your money becomes theirs.

Victor's first act after getting the money was giving his officers extra bonuses.

"Guys, this is money from the chief, not the Mexican government!" Casare stood in the police station's main hall waving cash and shouting around.

Casare smiled as he distributed money, "$2,000 each. Sign when you receive it. Following Boss Victor, you don't need to worry about drug dealer retaliation, don't need to worry about parents and wives going hungry, and don't need to fear whether you'll get paid tomorrow. All you need to do is listen to Boss Victor, protect the island's security, and do your jobs well."

Officers' eyes lit up, raising fists: "Long live the Chief!"

Mexicans were very practical.

Or rather, whoever provided milk was mother.

Second floor.

Victor leaned on the railing smoking, quietly watching below.

"Padrino!" Santos stood beside him. Though he hadn't yet received Victor's baptism, he already familiarly called him godfather.

"Isn't this not quite right?"

"Why?" Victor turned to look at him.

Santos frowned his small face, "Books all say heroes are always frugal, hardworking, and fearless. My father said money corrupts people's beliefs."

Victor patted his head, "If those upholding justice can't even survive, they'll abandon morality. No one demands Mexican police must take low wages. They defeated drug dealers for peace - they deserve more. You must understand one thing, Santos. Sometimes, to a certain degree, morality and money are linked."

Santos was a very smart child.

Victor was happy to keep him close and teach him things.

Mexico's historical problems couldn't all be solved by Victor. Caliber could only solve drug dealers and violence, not livelihood issues. Ultimately, Mexico's excessive wealth gap was one reason drug dealers flourished.

"Padrino, Guadalupe Island should be your responsibility," Santos suddenly looked up, "The former mayor only hid in city hall. Teachers haven't been paid for a long time, schools can't operate. If you'd come earlier, many people would have had education."

Victor patted his face, not speaking too "bluntly" to the child.

After distributing money, Casare went upstairs. Santos tactfully went to read books, waving at the former.

"Quite a cute kid, boss. Do you really plan to be his godfather?"

"Why not? I quite like him." Victor smiled, turning to lean against the railing, taking out cigarettes and offering one to the other, who was somewhat addicted. Lowering his voice, "Boss, what about those drugs?"

When searching drug dealer lairs, they'd also seized nearly 1.2 tons of drugs. If calculated by value, taking them to America should be worth approximately $85-120 million!

"I saw Tijuana logos and Gulf Group markings on them. The island's drug dealers were probably secretly transporting for them," Casare said.

California actually belonged to Mexico. In 1847, American forces captured Mexico City, forcing Mexico to sign the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

According to the treaty, Mexico was forced to cede vast northern territories to America.

Guadalupe Island lay between Upper and Lower California, forming a buffer zone. Due to its excellent geographical position, if not for the island's genuine resource scarcity, troops might have been stationed here long ago.

"Dump them in the sea!" Victor said firmly. He glanced at Casare, whose expression looked very... regretful?

That was $85-120 million - instant financial freedom.

Victor narrowed his eyes, "Anyone who messes around with drugs shouldn't blame me for not showing mercy. I'll personally shoot them and hang them on streetlights!"

Casare could hear the determination in Victor's tone, involuntarily shivering and nodding vigorously.

Once you touch drugs, your life is ruined.

Don't think this is making a mountain out of a molehill.

Countless examples exist.

David Thompson: As Jordan's idol, "Skywalker" Thompson was one of the few 70s stars who could dunk casually, yet became addicted to drugs. In the 82-83 season after being traded from Denver to Seattle, Thompson was completely destroyed, his stats plummeting like a second-rate player.

Even Whitney Houston, one of the greatest black women of the 20th century, died from this!

There were also Elvis Presley, John Belushi, Janis Joplin, and others.

Victor firmly believed one thing: before drugs, all people are equal - all face death!

Victor looked at Casare. After all, he was his trusted general. His tone softened slightly, "Take $2 million later and have Best send your family to America. This money is enough to buy a big mansion to live in first."

Don't hide money away - share it with everyone.

As long as caliber is thick, why fear lacking money?

Moreover, people follow you for promotion and wealth, right?

This was called big shots taking the big share, grassroots taking the small share - everyone happy together.

Casare's eyes immediately brightened, the flesh on his face trembling, "Boss, this... this isn't good?"

"We're the best partners. Would I let you down?"

Casare nodded vigorously.

Right!

We are the best partners!

(End of Chapter)

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