Almost all of them were armed to the teeth, so the government and police simply could not do anything to them.
Not only that, but the crime syndicates in Mexico had also kidnapped and assassinated countless politicians in the country, and they had long infiltrated the military and political system so that the criminal syndicates were at the top of the food chain in Mexico.
The criminal syndicate did not take their country’s army or police nor even the police in the United States and Canada as well as the FBI seriously at all.
This was because no one could control the criminal syndicates in Mexico unless it was a larger criminal syndicate.
Therefore, it was difficult for the American police to investigate the case in depth when these Americans disappeared in Mexico. So, they would ultimately become unresolved cases.
When Porter reported this information to Charlie, Charlie could not help but mutter to himself, “It’s strange. I can understand if they tricked people into going to Mexico so they could help them bring contraband back to the United States from Mexico. However, these people disappeared directly after going to Mexico, which is a bit strange. What value can they gain from tricking these people into going to Mexico?”
Porter said, “Mr. Wade, I cannot seem to figure this out either, and I discovered a certain characteristic. The family situations of all the people who disappeared in Mexico are very similar to Brienne’s son. They are the kind of individuals and families that are about to go bankrupt or have already gone bankrupt. To put it bluntly, the people who were tricked into going to Mexico were all poor people.”
“Well...” Charlie said with a serious expression, “Mexico is underdeveloped, and the labor cost in that kind of place should be very low. It seems as if the loss outweighs the gain if they have to put in all that hard work to trick people into going to Mexico as free labor.”
“Yes.” Porter also agreed and said, “It is very difficult for the logic of this to be self-consistent no matter how you look at it. They are a group of profit-seeking people, but they chose a bunch of victims whom they cannot gain any profits from.”
Charlie said lightly, “The best way to find out what kind of tricks they are up to is to go to Mexico in person.”
Having said that, Charlie asked Porter, “Where is Brienne’s son headed to in Mexico?”
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