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Illicit Substances, pt. 1
Remember those drug lords in Puerto Vallarta? Well, they mostly came from the Southern Highlands, were opium and marijuana is grown, processed, then sold across Central America. There’s even rumors that the age-old drug trade to the US of A still exists in some places. South of the South of the Border, the nuclear hand does not reach, and old world substances such as cocaine and weed thrive while wasteland drugs like Jet are non-existent.

Guerrero is top dog, then and now, when it comes to poppy production. Sharing the throne with some... Asian country, with Lázaro Cárdenas under Republican control, they’ve caught several trafficking barges going down the Rio Balsas. During Loyalist occupation, the operators paid a good fee for the local commander, and he turned a blind eye in return. From the L.C port, North to Sinaloa and South to Panama. Recently, the traders have gotten more... militant with their operations. Guards now travel in escort boats, armed with guns and a bad attitude. Half a dozen soldiers lost their lives in ensuing firefights when squads travel upstream and stumble upon the convoy.

With Lázaro taken, the head has been cut off, but like the Hydra in ancient myth, more would just sprout if the source was not torched. Their Old international gateway blocked, they turned to furthering domestic consumption and finding a replacement. And they found one. Acapulco, a large Pacific Mexican port and also in the Guerrero state.

The socialist man cannot be seduced by these bourgeois vices, down a horrible path of addiction. They need to stop the locals from growing poppy. But Herminio is careful. He has served in the “pin” forts of Southern Durango. He knows what happens when the locals of where you control do not support you. A bullet to the head, and three more will sprout. Reform and Rebirth, and they would never threaten you again. This isn’t Santoist Expansionism. This is liberation!