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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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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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August 2023
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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A Shout To My Readers and Supporters
You are the bomb. Let's do this.
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July 2023
Chalino, King of the Drug Ballad
I dig deeper into the life of the Sinaloan icon
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