are they setup now?

IMO "reasonably intelligent" is an understatement. Just because what they were doing was illegal does not in any way diminish their intelligence in comparison to other individuals that run/manage/organize "Legal" multi-million dollar corporations/IE-CEO's.

Comparing peoples intellelligence is very subjective. That being sad, If anything, the illegal factor is evidence that the drug traffickers are intellectually superior than the afore mentioned "CEO's". And I'd guess that the "Business" side of the illegal trafficking operations was a much more honorable/honest/up and up a Business model than a large % of Legal Corporations Business practices/models. And while by nature its devoid morally(IE-the damage the product does once it gets to the users and small-time dealers, etc), many Corporations are just as, if not more morally bankrupt than the business of Drug Trafficking?

These guys are just more of risk-takers and adrenaline junkines than the CEO's,etc.

And in many ways I can see their justification in that its a matter of "Supply and Demand" and if they're not suppling it...someone else will....so ight as well be me making the $$"...However it could be argued that at the time covered in this documentary...the traffickers themselves created the "Demand" for Cocaine. Since they made it more available/accessable

Just my $0.02