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aberrantangelsRunning out of time to do this one.
Quick summary: these particular Colombian drug lords seized total control of the cocaine trade starting soon after N-Day, when their hired novas ("two of them at first, although we believe there are more now") started attacking the property of other cartels. Utopia believes the two novas to have taken control of the cartel; Aberrant: Underworld goes into more detail on their nature, adding plot-hooks that can be argued as over the top.
Between the possibility of causing an international incident (the way Paragon City's Regulators did with their participation in Primal Earth's drug wars) and the near-impossibility of playing them against the other global crime syndicates, the simplest course is "to continue our goodwill efforts in the Americas.... convince the various heads of state that Project Utopia is a better and more valuable friend to have than the Medellín".
January 10
[Aberrant] A Team Tomorrow Americas trainee briefing on the Medellín Cartel.
Quick summary: these particular Colombian drug lords seized total control of the cocaine trade starting soon after N-Day, when their hired novas ("two of them at first, although we believe there are more now") started attacking the property of other cartels. Utopia believes the two novas to have taken control of the cartel; Aberrant: Underworld goes into more detail on their nature, adding plot-hooks that can be argued as over the top.
Ultimately, there's good news and bad news about the Medellín. The good news is that they're pretty localized; they can be found where the cocaine market is, and not much of anywhere else. The bad news is that because they don't really compete with any of the other criminal cartels, there's not much chance of them going to war with, say, the Nakato.... They make more money than they can easily spend; as a result, a lot of their funds are tied up in various Caribbean banks. This "investment" has given them a lot of allies among the appropriate nations...
Between the possibility of causing an international incident (the way Paragon City's Regulators did with their participation in Primal Earth's drug wars) and the near-impossibility of playing them against the other global crime syndicates, the simplest course is "to continue our goodwill efforts in the Americas.... convince the various heads of state that Project Utopia is a better and more valuable friend to have than the Medellín".
