Market Disruption: Michael Blanco Wife Edition
The arrest of Michael Blanco’s wife, Maria Elisa Paredes, reverberates through the Colombian cocaine trade, poised to unsettle supply chains, inflate market prices, and power up rival cartels. Paredes' alleged role as an “invisible” financier disrupts established distribution networks, creating a vacuum that competing organizations are eager to fill. This power shift could lead to increased violence as cartels jostle for control, potentially driving up security costs and destabilizing the region.
