2020 is set to become Mexico’s deadliest year on record. Despite hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic would slow down violent crime, it’s had the opposite effect. VICE News visited Culiacán a city of about 800,000, and the headquarters of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel. Subscribe to VICE News here: Check out VICE News for more: Follow… Continue reading Mexico's Cartels Are Deadlier Than Ever Despite the Pandemic
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On the Front Line With Mexico’s Warring Cartels
The end of 2021 will mark 15 years since the start of Mexico’s “guerra contra el narcotráfico,” a war against drug trafficking that officially began in December 2006, when thousands of soldiers were deployed to topple the cartel terrorizing the state of Michoacán. The war soon spread and plunged the entire country into a downward… Continue reading On the Front Line With Mexico’s Warring Cartels