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How China Quietly Fuelled the Fentanyl Crisis and Why India Is Picking Up the Pieces
India’s legitimate pharmaceutical sector is massive and globally integrated; lax regulation in certain chemicals, especially for drug manufacture…
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Valeria Márquez Died on Camera and the U.S. Just Declared It an Act of Terror
Ruiz Velasco has been linked to the 2012 killing of Venezuelan model Daisy Ferrer Arenas and the 2017 assassination of YouTuber El Pirata de Culiacán…
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Sanctioned in Public, Protected in Private
While Mexico’s elite anti-narcotics intelligence units burn safehouses and seize shell companies, 17 members of El Chapo’s family entered the U.S. last…
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The Myth of the "Kingpin Strategy"
CJNG’s growth wasn’t accidental—it was the result of the fragmentation and weakening of rival cartels.
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May 2025

Ballots and Bullets: Mexico’s Judiciary Vote Risks Handing the Bench to the Cartels
One of the most discussed candidates is Silvia Delgado García, a former defense attorney for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, now running for a criminal court…
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Fuel Theft, Corruption, and the Soldiers Who Switched Sides
Fuel theft—huachicol—is the second most profitable operation for Mexico’s organized crime networks, right behind narcotrafficking. And increasingly…
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Did the U.S. Just Invade Mexico? And the First Cartel Associate Charged as a Terrorist
The El Paso indictment and the ICE Sinaloa controversy are not two separate stories—they are symptoms of a deeper transformation in U.S. cartel policy.
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Narco-Politicians: Who’s next on the U.S. radar? A full list of names.
Sources familiar with Mexico-U.S. diplomatic exchanges say certain politicians are being flagged internally as "high-risk" — with some allegedly facing…
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CJNG doesn't give a fuck and wants the world to know
"If you have such big balls, Harfuch, come, let’s see if it’s true … let’s see if you get us while we are sleeping you lying bitch for Claudia, this is…
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How Mexico’s Cartels Hijacked Crude Oil & the U.S. Clocked it
The latest sanctions are part of a growing U.S. strategy to not just choke off fentanyl production but also cut off the cartels' diversified revenue…
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April 2025

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