cartel violence
Mexico Arrested 167 Cartel Members at Once. It Did Not Go Well.
The “Pueblos Unidos” militia retaliated by kidnapping 25 members of Mexico's National Guard.
Whole Cities Are Under Siege by Narcos in Mexico
Cartel violence has wracked Mexico since the reported arrest of cartel leader Ricardo Ruiz, or “Doble R.” Now AMLO is claiming Doble R was never arrested.
On the Front Line of Mexico’s Forever War Against the Cartels
“You’ve found the heart of the mafia,” one cartel member in the state of Michoacán told us. “If I were you, I wouldn’t have come here.”
The Costa Rica Model: Why Decriminalization of Drug Use Sometimes Isn’t Enough
For a country reeling from drug trade violence, decriminalizing the use of drugs has done little to help.
Cocaine & Crude
VICE founder Suroosh Alvi went to Mexico to meet the drug cartels that are stealing the country's oil.
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