Narcohistory

How Mexico and the USA jointly created a 'Mexican War Against Drugs'

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  • Violence erupt at Sinaloa after El Mayo´s capture

    “Following the capture of El Mayo, tension between the Mayiza and the Chapitos factions has worsened in Culiacán, which has historically been the epicenter of the Sinaloa Cartel’s activities. The version currently dominating international discourse — and the one believed by most sources consulted by InSight Crime — suggests that Zambada was betrayed and taken against…

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  • Capture of Mexican drug lord Ismael El Mayo Zambada

    Short piece, a dialogue, discussing how could it be El Mayo Zambada landed in the U.S. to be captured.

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  • Operación enjambre

    On November 22, 2024, the arrest of the Mayor of Almanalco, as well as part of her cabinet, took place in a coordinated action called Operación Enjambre. The capture of the chief of Security of Ixtapaluca, the director of Public Security of Amanalco, the Chief of Security of Tejupilco, the subdirector of security of Naucalpan,…

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  • Global network to rule the Fentanyl trade

    The piece follows how the network of Fentanyl trade is controlled, and by whom. (?)

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  • El Chapo at Brooklyn

    At Brooklyn, El Chapo Guzmán, ‘one of the most notorious outlaws’ is found guilty: “He sent hundreds of tons of drugs to the United States from Mexico and caused the brutal deaths of dozens of people”.

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  • The New Effects of Immigration

    At ProPublica, the nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, reports before the election the new effects of immigration. Text and graphics are equally interesting as we must ponder immigration as part of the “war” we study.

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  • American fentanyl smugglers

    Mexican drug cartels are turning thousands of Americans into fentanyl smugglers, sending an army of couriers who can easily cross between both countries.

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  • Weapons used to murder journalists in Mexico were imported, who´s to be blamed?

    “Many of the weapons used in the murders of 119 journalists were imported – and Mexico’s laws and culture make tracing them impossible”.

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  • Many journalists have been murdered in Mexico for trying to expose the narco state 

      “The cartel project is a global journalistic collaboration that aims to tell the stories of many journalists murdered while investigating the narco state…” In this case, “The cartel project” special report “comes from Mexico”.

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  • Reaction against a police action in Culiacán

    “… the arrest of one of the country´s most wanted me, Ovidio Guzmán (the 32 years old son of El Chapo) sparked a day of bloodshed and chaos” in Culiacán.  

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