The global gangs exploit instability to set up operations in areas that are beyond

the reach of the law. Criminal gangs then create even more instability so that the

local population becomes dependent on criminal activity for their economic sur-

vival. Would a local farmer involved in drug production in a rural area of Bolivia

dare to take on the criminal gangwhich he not only depends on for his livelihood

but which promises deadly reprisals for disloyaltyknowing that he is beyond the

protection of the law?

It appears local Bolivian farmers are caught in a dilemma. What is the fundamental problem that allows criminal gangs to exploit the farmers? Fully explain your reasoning.