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jasonwatkinspdx on Nov 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: "Impossible" to end drug trade, says Calderón

In Mexico it's common to refer to people connected to the cartels as 'los narcos'. A bit backwards from what you'd expect in English, but that's how things go when languages collide.

theorique on Nov 24, 2012 [–]

It's short for "narcotraficante" - drug trafficker. Hence, "el narco" is the drug producer/dealer.

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