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Originally Posted by Cain
The part that would bother me is that episode where Gus basically dares the sniper to shoot him, knowing that he wouldn't. It was alluded to that the mexican cartel didn't dare kill him because of his connections or something...
So then Walt goes and kills him....no repercussions? It'd be a bit weird.
Maybe I'm misremembering, but it'd bug me a bit if it is never addressed...though I'm not sure it will be.
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It wasn't that he had connections and they were afraid of him, it was that they didn't want to kill him cause of the money from his business. They just wanted to get him in line and get payments from him. Also they ended up asking for his meth recipe as you remember, even to the point of taking his cook.
They wanted him to be their subsidiary business, he does the work north of the border and they collect a share. The attacks were a way of saying, 'hey, we could kill you and/or destroy your business if we want, you better play by our rules.'
It was like a good ol mob shakedown.
Ultimately you don't want to kill what is profitable to you, but you will if they don't get in line.