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From Drug Dealer to the Sinaloa Cartel’s Highest-Ranking Woman
From Drug Dealer to the Sinaloa Cartel’s Highest-Ranking Woman
While US prosecutors began closing in on the Sinaloa Cartel’s inner circle in the later 2010s, Fernández Valencia emerged as the intersection of two of the cartel’s most…
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On the Radar: Do Crackdowns Work?
On the Radar: Do Crackdowns Work?
This week in On the Radar, a CJNG co-founder pleads guilty, Ecuador turns to Europe for help fighting crime, and US strikes hit trafficking routes — but the cocaine trade keeps…
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After El Mencho: A Data-Driven Look at an Evolving Drug Market
After El Mencho: A Data-Driven Look at an Evolving Drug Market
The story of El Mencho, it seemed to me, was the story of methamphetamine.
At least that was my hypothesis, so I went about trying to prove…
