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Five Forces Driving the Migrant Surge
Hunger; Tyranny; Crime-War; Coyotes; Information
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Applied Math Versus Cartels
A study in Science finds cartels are Mexico's fifth biggest employer. Can you stop the gangsters recruiting faster than recruits are murdered?
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A September Shout To My Subscribers
The Information Revolution Rages On. Thanks For Bringing Me On The Ride.
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Mexico City's Murder Rate is Lower Than Portland or Dallas; It's a Reason the Gringos are Flocking Here
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The Paradox of Mexico's Drug War and Peace
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The Goshen Massacre and the Specter of Cartel Spillover Into the US
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So, is Mexico a Narco State?
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Three Uncomfortable Truths About Bukele's Crackdown On Gangs
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The World's Most Famous Narco Wife Walks
Emma Coronel continues to spark public fascination as she's freed from jail; she seems to play her difficult game well
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America's First Drug Cartel Was Not Colombian or Mexican; It Was The Italian-Jewish Mob
The image of the U.S. mafia shunning drugs is pure Hollywood. Lucky Luciano and Arnold Rothstein built America's narco network.
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The Dark Truth of Mexico's "Pimp City" That Traffics Girls to New York
The Tenancingo to USA prostitution pipeline is genuinely horrific. Yet there's a lot of smoke and mirrors around such an abhorrent crime as "sex…
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Three Uncomfortable Truths About Bukele's Crackdown On Gangs
It's Effective. It's Popular. It's Brutal.
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How Cartels Infiltrate The Border Patrol
Rotten cops aren't only south of the Rio Grande. Cartels use cash, sex and blackmail to recruit "narco migra."
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The Paradox of Mexico's Drug War and Peace
Brutal violence mixes with "normal life" and growth. How does this function?
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Ecuador's Gangster Warlords and the Murder of a Presidential Candidate
The blow to Ecuador's democracy is another low point in the LatAm's crime wars
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Narco Politics by Ioan Grillo
Narco Politics by Ioan Grillo
Reporting on crime and drugs, police and politics, guerrillas and paramilitaries, and the people who live and die through it all.

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