The drug warriors first federalized drug control, on grounds that state-level interdiction had too many leaks. They were killed by military bullets raining in on a small civilian aircraft flying to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Indians of Peru. The CIA and the Peruvian military mistook a plane of missionaries for drug dealers. There were no warning shots. Drug lords, for all their malice, are careful to keep non-combatants out of the line of fire.
Governments don t care.
We are all in the line of fire so far as they are concerned, so the blood of civilian missionaries is the price we pay for keeping cocaine away from those who will find some way to get it anyway. It was a mistake, the US says. So far no one has been willing to accept responsibility. In a drug war, the government treats us all as suspects. Our bank accounts are investigated, we are harassed at the airport, and we are spied on at every turn.