Chapter One Hundred and Sixty One Step Free Chess
Mexico, the US-Mexico border city of Juarez. It is only a river of Grande from El Paso, Texas, USA. Juarez is an important border port in Mexico and the last stop for many smugglers to stay in Mexico. Decades later, it will become a city controlled by Mexican drug dealers. Thousands of victims die at the hands of drug dealers every year. However, the drug dealers in Juarez are far from being as arrogant as they were later. They are now just relying on drug distributors who rely on Colombians to be responsible for the last part of drug dealers in the Americas, which is to send cocaine to Texas across the river.
At this moment, Ivankov was sitting in a Mercedes-Benz bulletproof sedan walking through the streets of Juarez. The low buildings on both sides of the street made Ivankov look down on this small border town from the bottom of his heart. However, it was Selyosau's intention to come here, and Ivankov had no choice.
Ivankov entered the country with his Spanish passport. The purpose of his trip was to establish some branches for the Gorky Brotherhood. Recently, there have been many problems with Seriosha's original large client Escobar. He seems to be obsessed with challenging the newly appointed president of Colombia and has been expanding his armed forces. This has made the original drug business a little abandoned. The business of helping Escobar laundering was originally one of the most stable incomes of the Gorky Brotherhood, but now Escobar is unable to calm down to manage his business, which affects the interests of the Gorky Brotherhood. Although Varentin's arms business is doing well, arms are not the main business of the Gorky Brotherhood after all, and it is actually a bit unworthy of the losses.
Given the current situation, the Gorky Brotherhood must find new and stable large customers. Since the Mexicans obtained tunnel mining equipment and related technologies exported by the Soviet Union, the sales of cocaine began to soar sharply, and it was faintly a trend of becoming another Cali Group. According to the changes in the situation, Seriosha decided to move some of his past business in the United States to Mexico, such as Yuri's former casino business, and the banking business that the Gorky Brotherhood was best at.
Ivankov's good partner Yuri is enjoying the joy of wedding in Switzerland with his wife, and he is not planning to leave for the time being, so this time I can only let Ivankov go to Mexico by himself. The purpose of Ivankov's trip was to establish a financial branch in the small town of Juarez, mainly engaged in loan and exchange business. However, their customers include Mexican gangs in addition to ordinary Mexicans. Ivankov will lend money to these gangs. It doesn't matter what they do after they get the money. It just needs to return the principal and interest within the prescribed period. Ivankov is not worried that there are gangs who dare to pay for their debts. The battle of Guantanamo gave Ivankov a reputation. If that gang dares to act rashly, they must first consider whether they are qualified to compare with the US military in Guantanamo.
Ivankov bought a property near the largest church in Juarez. In addition, he also bought a farm on the outskirts of the city. Ivankov did not have any pastoral plot, but wanted to transfer the mercenary unit he had built in the past to the farm.
During the attack on Guantanamo, Ivankov's 500-man armed forces were the only ones among all participating troops. After the Guantanamo incident, the mercenaries returned to Colombia with the large force. Now the situation in Colombia is becoming more and more serious. In order to avoid the force being used by Escobar, and in Mexico, there is also an armed force that obeys its orders in Mexico. So taking advantage of this opportunity to open up the Mexican market, Ivankov brought the armed forces to Juarez. They were placed in a security company called the International Risk Consulting Company, and lived in Mexico as employees of the company.
Like the United States, Mexico is also an immigrant country, but under the halo of the United States, Mexico rarely gains favor from immigrants. However, for those Soviet citizens who defected from the battlefield in Afghanistan, entering the United States will be subject to surveillance by the US government due to their identity, and their life and work are restricted everywhere. It is better to settle down in Mexico. Besides, if you want to go to the United States, you only need to drive a two-hour car to the other side of the river.
With the existence of international risk consulting companies, Ivankov can rest assured to do what Seriosha explained. In the small town of Juarez, it is too ostentatious in the name of the Colombian Bank, so Ivankov's financial institutions plan to establish a different sign. The company's name is Aztec Bank, because Central America and Mexico were the birthplaces of the Aztec civilization. According to Seriosha's opinion, in the future, the bank will gradually take over the business of the Gorky Brotherhood offshore financial centers in the Caribbean region, including Panama, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands. In addition, the financial transactions with Colombian drug lords will gradually transition to the Aztec Bank in the future. Seriosha will establish a wall between the Colombian Bank and the money laundering business. Once there is a problem with the money laundering business, the Aztec Bank can be thrown out as a shield.
Although most of the work has not started yet, the international risk consulting company has obtained the resource tilt of the Gorky Brotherhood. Because of the friendly relations between Mexico and the United States, the international risk consulting company can directly purchase high-quality products from the United States. Ivankov ordered military-style firearms, military vehicles, and even two armed helicopters from the United States in the name of the international risk consulting company. It can be said that this private security company was established completely according to the military standards.
After leaving the city, Ivankov's private car drove onto the highway leading to the US border. On the way, Ivankov called his business partner in El Paso using his newly bought yota mobile phone. After confirming the time and location, Ivankov hung up the phone.
When the car entered the United States, Ivankov saw his business partners in a scrapped car treatment plant in the suburbs of El Paso, but Ivankov didn't like these people very much because they were all CIA people.
Chapter completed!