The Weird Economic Reason Drug Cartel Members Get Head-to-Toe Tattoos Christopher Woody - Business Insider
go to original April 13, 2016

Tom Wainwright, author of "Narconomics," is the former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. He explains the financial reason why some drug cartel members get head-to-toe tattoos. (Business Insider)

Gangs like the Mara Salvatrucha have spread their influence all over the Western Hemisphere, and one of the clearest signs that you're dealing with their members is the garish tattoos that often adorn their bodies.

The designs of those tattoos can often vary, specified by individuals and their gangs, but there's an underlying reason that people get them, and it makes perfect business sense.

"There's a weird economic reason for these tattoos: It makes these employees much easier for the cartel or the gang to keep hold of," Tom Wainwright, author of "Narconomics" and former Economist reporter in Mexico City, told Business Insider.

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