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Originally Posted by evileeyore
The reason I mentioned Brazil is that while they are a strong 2nd world country, they have a seriously corrupt government.
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How would Brazil suit Col. Ortiz and his men?
Note that Col. Ortiz and anyone he can convince to come with him is deserting and fleeing in 2017, using a mission in Mexico designed to contact Vargas and convince him to turn himself in as the opportunity to run.
Vargas had been a fugitive since the year 2000. Vargas used to be the second in command of the ODA that most of the men whom Ortiz now command came from, but while they stayed in the Army, Vargas was a criminal on the run. Col. Ortiz will offer Vargas the chance to come with them, but it's very unlikely that Vargas will accept.
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Originally Posted by evileeyore
If Vargas were to feel safe anywhere, it would be where he's pretty sure he can either buy his way out of potential trouble, or end up on top in some manner.
And if a Super Spec Ops operator can't end up on top in Brazil (in some fashion) he ain't gonna make it anywhere else that's got that much going on for it.
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Vargas deserted in the year 2000. We don't know where he ran at first, but by the time he'll have started to develop any powers, he was a player in the Mexican drug trade. He is believed to be related to La Familia leader '
El Chango' and got his start working under his relative.
By now, Vargas controls a powerful splinter group of Knights Templars who act as enforcers to the Sinaloa cartel. He's nowhere near as rich or powerful as El Chapo, El Mayo, Caro Quintero, El Mencho, Felix, Fuentes or Beltran Leyva are/used to be, but he may be more feared than any of them in his stomping grounds.
And, obviously, he's aiming higher than leader of a band of mercenaries. Vargas knows well enough that when kings have grown so decadent that they have to rely on mercenaries to bring fire and sword to their enemies, there is often a chance for a powerful mercenary to make himself a king.