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Plomo o plata?

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Imagine you're a police officer in the Colombian Police Force patrolling the highways. Increased narco-trafficking necessitated the government to increase surveillance. Suddenly, a large suspicious truck appears and you stop it to check for illegal drugs. But there's a twist, one of the passengers on the truck is the notorious drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar. He gets down from the truck and confronts you with a simple question "Plomo o Plata?" (lead or silver?). If you choose the former and honor your duty, you will be shot dead. But if you fear for your life and choose the latter, you will be paid a heavy bribe to let the truck full of cocaine pass. What do you choose?  Pablo Escobar was a Colombian drug dealer born in 1949 in a small Colombian town called Rionegro. From his early teen years, his delinquency earned him a criminal reputation.   The lucrative narcotics business attracted him and he steadily established the Medellin cartel. He partnered with the Ochoa broth...