Drug traffickers steal three Navy rigid inflatables during exercises in Spain
Narcos steal three rigid inflatable boats from the Spanish Navy mid-exercise. Incompetence or complicity? We examine the reality of the narco-state in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Drug traffickers steal three Navy rigid inflatables mid-exercise
The latest humiliation in the Strait is not a logistical failure, it is confirmation of a reality many refuse to see: narcos have stolen three rigid inflatables from the Spanish Navy during military exercises. While the official narrative tries to digest how a military body can be stripped of its equipment right under its nose, on the forum we ask whether this is operational negligence or the definitive proof that the State has lost control of the ground.
Negligence or complicity in the Strait?
The debate splits between those who see flagrant incompetence —the absence of sentries guarding the equipment— and those who sense a far deeper scheme. The suspicion that insiders are facilitating these operations resonates strongly, drawing comparisons with the institutional degradation other countries suffered when trying to fight the drug trade. It is not just the theft of three boats; it is the fact that the Army had to report the theft to the Guardia Civil (Spanish paramilitary police force), a scene that for many forum users sums up the current state of the institutions.
The ghost of the traficante-state
The disappearance of elite units such as OCON-Sur during Marlaska's tenure is cited as evidence of a planned dismantling. The thesis gaining ground is that the Strait operates as a permitted circus where the line between political power and illicit activities grows ever blurrier. If the State allows the narcos to roam free, is it really a surprise that they end up stealing the equipment of those who, in theory, should be fighting them?
The question left hanging is not how the boats were stolen, but who gave the order to look the other way. Meanwhile, the country-as-a-meme narrative is consolidated with every new headline confirming that impunity no longer has limits.
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The latest humiliation in the Strait is not a logistical failure, it is confirmation of a reality many refuse to see: narcos have stolen three rigid inflatables from the Spanish Navy during military exercises. While the official narrative tries to digest how a military body can be stripped of its equipment right under its nose, on the forum we ask whether this is operational negligence or the definitive proof that the State has lost control of the ground.
Negligence or complicity in the Strait?
The debate splits between those who see flagrant incompetence —the absence of sentries guarding the equipment— and those who sense a far deeper scheme. The suspicion that insiders are facilitating these operations resonates strongly, drawing comparisons with the institutional degradation other countries suffered when trying to fight the drug trade. It is not just the theft of three boats; it is the fact that the Army had to report the theft to the Guardia Civil (Spanish paramilitary police force), a scene that for many forum users sums up the current state of the institutions.
The ghost of the traficante-state
The disappearance of elite units such as OCON-Sur during Marlaska's tenure is cited as evidence of a planned dismantling. The thesis gaining ground is that the Strait operates as a permitted circus where the line between political power and illicit activities grows ever blurrier. If the State allows the narcos to roam free, is it really a surprise that they end up stealing the equipment of those who, in theory, should be fighting them?
The question left hanging is not how the boats were stolen, but who gave the order to look the other way. Meanwhile, the country-as-a-meme narrative is consolidated with every new headline confirming that impunity no longer has limits.
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