Caribbean Drug Trade and the Venezuelan Reality.

In another potent example of the reality that the masses of Caribbean people are faced with, on a daily basis. Saint Lucian, Scott Atkins young drug dealer from that island, went to Venezuela and found himself in serious problems. Atkins was kidnapped by several men, viciously beaten and tortured, in a viral video released on Social Media. In the video the Venezuelans can be seen with one man’s foot on Atkins’ back, pointing high powered automatic rifles at his head. The men demanded a ransom for the return of Atkins, in the video Atkins begs a man he calls Shawn to pay the Venezuelans for his safe return. Scott Atkins reportedly left Saint Lucia in late January or early February 2017 and has been seen in Venezuela.

FB photo of 18-year-old Atkins. 

Middle Atkins and some Venezuela cohorts.

Atkins lying on the ground after having been viciously beaten and tortured by his Venezuelan captives. An American made M16 is being pointed at Atkins' head in the photo.

Atkins hanging from rafters, with a bloodied shirt, with an automatic weapon pointed at his head.

Atkins complaints of enduring daily beatings by his alleged captors. The 18-year-old Atkins, who is not an intelligent boy, is indicative of the American gangsta culture’s influence in the Caribbean and its devastating impact as a result of its influence in the region. Any dummy can sell crack, only the intelligent, ruthless, business savvy connected individuals make it in the drug business in the Caribbean.

Atkins’ FB posts of him posing with wads of money to his face, is an imitation of the dumb young, gang influenced and sometimes gang affiliated American urban rappers, all over social media.

Atkins and his ilk are doomed to die young as they are living out a fantasy, imported from another culture alien to the Caribbean reality, and these young boys are too dumb to even begin to fathom the social malaise that created American gang culture in the first place.  Racism in America and the rancid corporate greed machine, created the so called gangsta rap culture, Bobby Shmurda, Ra Diggs and many others are proof that gangsta rap, is simply a way for gang members and their murderous affiliates to hide and attempt to legitimize themselves, with aid from the American corporate machine. Gangsta Rap should be banned from the Caribbean, but the region's leaders, are afraid to upset their North American paymasters so the Atkins of the Caribbean will continue to be influenced by what they perceive as cool, when in fact it is a one-way ticket to jail and the grave.

The following is quoted from Saint Lucia news online:

“Sources say Atkins was kidnapped in February from Trinidad – not Martinique – and brought to Venezuela where he has been held by his captors ever since.

The gang holding Atkins claims it is owed over $130,000 USD by a relative of Atkins, according to sources.

Relatives of Atkins reportedly received the videos earlier this week and are calling on “Shawn” to pay the Venezuelan gang because the teen is innocent, according to sources”.   

Take note that Atkins was in Trinidad before he ended up in Venezuela, what is obvious from his Face Book posts, he was in contact with the Venezuelans in Trinidad. His FB posts show him in friendly poses with Venezuelans like the one shown previously.

 Atkins is indicative of a larger issue, how did an obviously simple minded 18-year-old boy come into contact with Venezuelan narco criminals? Another salient question is what type of network if any is Atkins affiliated with? Atkins was operating in various Caribbean islands, the case of this boy shows how easily Caribbean criminals can make contacts outside of their home base. More organized sophisticated older men with money and contacts are already wreaking havoc in the region. It is only a matter of time before they begin to organize, for not only self-enrichment but also for the advancement of the new million dollar global business of terrorism. When that shifts into high gear the region will see apocalyptic calamities, never dreamt of in our wildest nightmares, stay tuned. Below are the youtube links for two videos showing the young Atkins pleading, with his mother to tell "Shawn to pay the people".