Grand Theft Auto V

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Yard Theft Car V has always been a game that reflected real-life, despite the absurdity of its plot and characters. In the game, yous play as a trio of criminals who get involved with all forms of illegal activities like trading drugs and weapons. In several ways, GTA V is a biting commentary on America and crime in full general.

It appears that at least one person took the whole being a criminal thing to a whole other level. Forbes was able to get its easily on a instance that supports the idea that the Mexican Cartel is using GTA to recruit new members. Last yr, Customs and Border detained Alyssa Navarro for driving a Jeep Cherokee that had near 60kg of methamphetamine. Community and Edge caught her in Arizona.

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The investigation reports that Navarro met a man named "George" while playing Grand Theft Motorcar Online. The 2 eventually started talking over Snapchat, where George offered her "a lot of money" to drive the Jeep to one of his contacts in Mexico. Navarro claims she idea the chore was "strange" but went along with it anyways.

Navarro has been charged with conspiracy to import and sell methamphetamine, as well as possession, all of which she pleaded non guilty. Her example may non be unique to her, as Forbes too reports that there are cases where it seems that other narcotics crews take been recruiting kids through GTA. Either manner, this is a strange case of life imitating art that is trying to imitate life.