9/23/2023 0 Comments 007 legends license to kill![]() ![]() The dissidents take over responsibility for governing Isthmus and held an inquiry into Sanchez’s demise, and other matters. The novelization introduces a dissident faction led by Captain Simon Rojas, comprised of a cadre of police officers who had been initially trained in the United States and four senior military officers. President Lopez has resigned, and most of his government with him. While the film leaves the question of Isthmus' future open to interpretation, John Gardner's novelization ends with a bloodless coup. Following the drug lord's death, it is unknown what became of the state. The kingpin is followed to Isthmus by a vengeful James Bond, who proceeds to ingratiate himself with Sanchez and dismantles his drug operation from within his organization. It is later noted that during the event, the reluctant President Lopez had been conspicuously silent over the drug lord's detainment a fact that Sanchez reminds him of by reducing his bribe money and threatening his life. Notable locations in Isthmus include its largest bank, the Banco de Isthmus, the Casino de Isthmus (both owned and operated by Sanchez), the El Presidente' Hotel, Olympatec Meditation Institute, and the Paso del Diablo.įollowing his brief capture and subsequent escape from the DEA, Franz Sanchez is smuggled out of the United States by his associate Milton Krest taking up permanent residence at his base of operations in Isthmus. According to the film's novelisation, Isthmus' capital city is polarized between those in extreme poverty and the very wealthy with high levels of unemployment. During the height of its operations, the Sanchez Cartel's main distribution centre was located in Isthmus the centre of an invisible cocaine empire, stretching from Chile to Alaska. Sanchez's policy of "plata o plomo" (literally "silver or lead", colloquially " money or bullets"), in addition to the bribery of countless government officials, police, and politicians, ensured that Isthmus would be a secure base of operations. Ostensibly governed by the Isthmus Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Isthmo ), under President Hector Lopez, the country was heavily corrupt influenced by Franz Sanchez' drug cartel. ĭeriving its name from the geographical term 'Isthmus', describing a strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land (and separates two large water bodies), the Republic of Isthmus was located in an unspecified region of Central America. It's easier for the politicians to take silver than lead." ― Franz Sanchez. A bank, a gambling casino, airline concession. One day you wake up and you own the whole goddamn country. ![]() " So you buy a mayor, a chief of police, a general. ![]()
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