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| Everything's cheaper in Mexico, including hired assassins | ||
| 2011-01-10 | ||
In Australia, the median price to hire a hit man is $13,610, with the price going up to $83,000 based on the task. In Mexico, the cost for a low level assassin is $208, and up to $20,832 for a higher profile target like a police chief. The Juarez drug gang keeps its shooters and lookouts on retainer, paying them a small weekly salary until they are needed.
Government statistics in Spain state that 40 assassinations take place each year, with prices for the hit ranging between $27 to $69,000. Source: Virdiana Ross, "Mexico: Assassins on the 'Cheap'," International Relations and Security Network, October 11, 2010. | ||
| Posted by:gromky |
| #9 When hitmen get caught, they tend to get asked how much they were paid. NYT hardly. Source: Virdiana Ross, "Mexico: Assassins on the 'Cheap'," International Relations and Security Network, October 11, 2010. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-01-10 17:52 |
| #8 Government statistics in Spain state that 40 assassinations take place each year, with prices for the hit ranging between $27 to $69,000. This assumes there was some kind of post-hit debriefing of the hit man or woman. What I wonder is where the author of this piece got the data? This data is not exactly the kind of data kept by governments. I'm thinking the author had to meet a deadline for a story. Possibly one of those NYT's made-up stories? In other words fiction. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-10 15:52 |
| #7 got to include: |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-01-10 13:22 |
| #6 I knew a guy who was offered 30k in the mid-Nineties to kill someone, apparently on the theory that he had a Sicilian last name & thus was obviously mobbed up. (What can I say, central Pennsylvania, they grow 'em pretty parochial in the back-hollers.) Interestingly enough, murder-for-hire is one of those classic examples of "market failure", as there generally isn't enough information for a reliable and predictable pricing mechanism to allow a properly-clearing market. Which is a *good* thing - it cuts down on the actual occurrence of murder if there isn't a functional market for it. (Let's say my personal example resulted in jail time for the soliciter, eventually. This is what is known as "properly aligned incentives" at work.) |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-01-10 12:59 |
| #5 The karachi killers at the link draw a salary (retainer?) of $500/yr after converting Pak rupees into dollars. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2011-01-10 12:34 |
| #4 pretty obviously they need to unionize and demand health and dental benefits as well as a prevailing wage |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-10 08:16 |
| #3 THE BORDER WID MEXICO IS OUR [US] "THIRD FRONT" That's why Rantburg added regular reports on the cartel war in Mexico, JosephM, filed on the War on Terror pages. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-10 07:29 |
| #2 IIRC STARS-N-STRIPES OP-ED > THE BORDER WID MEXICO IS OUR [US] "THIRD FRONT", after Afghanistan + Iraq despite the fact that it is CARTEL = DRUG, CRIME-VIOLENCE, NOT RADICAL ISLAM [for now]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-01-10 02:11 |
| #1 Karachi killers also draw a salary. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-10 00:41 |