cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/41293279
source: gift link to NYT live blog (here is an archive.is link for later when the unlocked_article_code expires)
Where did this term come from? The Cartel of the Suns wikipedia article explains:
(reference [13] points to this article about it from 1993: Anti-Drug Unit of C.I.A. Sent Ton of Cocaine to U.S. in 1990)
![screenshot of wikipedia text: The term Cartel of the Suns was first used in 1993 as a journalistic label following a political scandal involving Venezuelan military officials who were implicated in a CIA plot to smuggle cocaine into the United States in order to infiltrate Colombian cartels.[13] The term was inspired by the "soles" (sun emblems) on Venezuelan generals' uniforms.[1] Apart from drug trafficking,](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/cf30ca07-c9aa-43fb-9023-f58c86e9c8bb.png)
The Trump DOJ has a habit of saying one thing to the public to justify things and then not including those same claims in court filings. Like Kilmar Abrego Garcia being involved in human trafficking. There was a post the other day about how the courts are getting tired of this.
they’ve figured out that they don’t need to hide things so long as its in dry af legalese so that no one but tankies and intellectuals will bother read it.