this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
101 points (98.1% liked)

Europe

8324 readers
3 users here now

News/Interesting Stories/Beautiful Pictures from Europe 🇪🇺

(Current banner: Thunder mountain, Germany, 🇩🇪 ) Feel free to post submissions for banner pictures

Rules

(This list is obviously incomplete, but it will get expanded when necessary)

  1. Be nice to each other (e.g. No direct insults against each other);
  2. No racism, antisemitism, dehumanisation of minorities or glorification of National Socialism allowed;
  3. No posts linking to mis-information funded by foreign states or billionaires.

Also check out [email protected]

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
101
Spain accidentally releases drug lord who planned to kill heir to Dutch throne (www.politico.eu)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] farcaster 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"Accidentally"

I find it hard to believe an Interpol most-wanted billionaire cartel leader just happens to be released "accidentally".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You’d be surprised at the power of compounded examples of “eh, not my problem” in a bureaucracy

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised at the power of "fuck up this paperwork and we'll give you a bag full of cash and not kill your family."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Knowing drug cartels and how they operate in Mexico, the bag of money is the least likely part of that scenario. Generally not having your entire living bloodline killed is enough of a motivator.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

People get upset if the stick is not accompanied by a carrot