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Cowboy Cartels and Drug-War Inanity

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2024
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
– Ronald Reagan, The New York Times [April 13, 1980]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
December 10, 2024
Cowboy Cartels and Drug-War Inanity
Having watched the great drug-war Netflix documentaries Narcos and Narco Mexico and the excellent drug-war drama La Reina del Sur, I wasn’t too interested in watching another drug-war-related series. But when I realized that the Apple TV+ documentary “Cowboy Cartel” revolved around my hometown of Laredo, Texas, where I lived almost half my life and practiced law for 8 years, I couldn’t resist …
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