Guns and business, Victor has always believed these are the two legs of governance, both indispensable.
One listens quietly to your reasoning.
One ensures others are well-fed enough to comfortably listen to your reasoning.
Interest + violence = compliance.
The resistance in Texas was within his expectations, even a strategy to deliberately intensify conflicts.
He needs an incident of sufficient weight to provide an indisputable excuse for further and thorough liquidation and control later on.
Late July in Mexico City.
Victor listened to Casare's report on the violent incidents across Texas, his face showing no surprise.
"Street battles in San Antonio, we lost 11, over 30 wounded, the security auxiliary (traitors and puppet army) collapsed, nearly causing a full retreat."
Casare's tone was heavy, "Boss, they are not resisting, they are fighting a people's war. Our soldiers in the open, they are in the dark; every barn, every cellar could fire bullets."
