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Headings: Scorpian Kick: The Rise & Fall of Narco-Soccer
Scorpian Kick: The Rise & Fall of Narco-Soccer
Content: He wanted to contain the risk of getting busted by keeping supply low and prices high. The Medellin cartel had other plans. According to Boston George, the Medellin cartel began to see cocaine as a weapon that could be used to undermine American society. “Carlos [Lehder] had the concept where he wanted to flood the country with cocaine and destroy the political and moral structure of the United States. As he stated, cocaine was the atomic bomb and he was going to drop it on America,” said Boston George in a Frontline interview in 2000. Crack had a devastating effect on American cities. Crime rates soared as people scrambled to feed cocaine addictions. The huge sums of cash involved in cocaine trafficking made drug deals violent. Drug traffickers understood that marijuana deals were conducted with a handshake, cocaine deals with a gun. Flooding the U.S. with cocaine proved to be an unwise business decision.