Reportage

How the Gulf Cartel "Taxes" the US Border

The crime family went from bootlegging via cocaine to oil and migrants

Nov 20 •

Gang Murder in the UK

A police shooting shines light on London gun crime

Nov 14 •

Comic Relief in the Sinaloa War

Bobadilla finds gallows humor amid cartel violence

Oct 30 •

Inside Mexico’s New “Self-Defense Squads"

There's a blur between community police and cartel troops; a Nahua vigilante soldier tells his story

Oct 23 •

Reply From Manuel Bartlett

The director of Mexico's state electricity company, and former interior secretary responds to our report on the declassified memorandum

Sep 27 •

Exclusive – U.S. Declassifies Document on Bartlett and Camarena Case

A Freedom of Information request shows FBI suspicions of the politician date back to at least 1986

Sep 25 •

On The Ground in Sinaloa's New War

I went on the crime beat in Culiacán amid the Mayos-Chapitos battle

Sep 18 •

Exclusive: The Plan For Sinaloa's War

Mayito Flaco met with Chapo Isidro and José Gil Caro in Los Sitios

Sep 12 •

Mexico's Soaring "Narco-Inflation"

Even the price of orange juice is impacted by cartels

Aug 22 •

Exclusive: Sinaloa Cartel Operative Reveals Bloody Details Of El Mayo Capture

Mayo was lured to a meeting with a Sinaloan politician; bodyguards are missing, perhaps dead

Jul 29 •

Human Smuggling and the English Channel

The new Labour government promised to smash the gangs behind the small boats

Jul 22 •

The Cross-Border "Northeast Cartel"

We look at the mafia that rose to power in the Two Laredos

Jul 1 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts