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Cartels use Instagram to recruit young U.S. "body carriers" near the border

Dec 5

"The Plague" describes the crazy life of the new sicario generation and the bloody infighting in the Sinaloa Cartel

Nov 28

Part 2 of the interview with Dámaso López Serrano goes into the rise of fentanyl, the murder of legendary journalist Javier Valdez, and his war with the…

Oct 30

The Mexican government wants to extradite him. The Chapitos want to kill him. He met me in Los Angeles.

Oct 30

Exclusive: The Mexican government found info from a "dark net" on a Mexican journalist killing and arms sales. But is it just a scam using Mexico's…

Oct 4

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…

Sep 5

Rotten cops aren't only south of the Rio Grande. Cartels use cash, sex and blackmail to recruit "narco migra."

Aug 21

Gunmen robbing oil rigs and fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico was a sign of Mexico's decaying rule of law. In January attacks suddenly halted. I ask why.

May 25

The city that is ground zero for migrant crossings has a bloody but fragile crime system

May 18

An excerpt from the new edition of my book Blood Gun Money, released today

Apr 18

Cartels ban fentanyl sales in much of Mexico, but not in TJ

Nov 3, 2022

Mexico-U.S. border sees unprecedented detentions and crazy smuggling prices

Oct 5, 2022

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