For decades, the Mexican government has struggled to figure out what to do about warring cartels. And that’s led to a massive and mostly ignored crisis: Entire towns are being displaced by violence, leaving ghost towns behind. The problem is so severe — and stubborn — that a recent study concluded that just between 2011… Continue reading Inside Mexico’s Warring Cartels and the Millions of People They’ve Displaced
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Inside Mexico's Most Powerful Drug Cartel | Foreign Correspondent
Tens of thousands are missing, many more murdered. So why are Mexico’s violent drug cartels operating with impunity? We go inside the most powerful cartel to meet the footsoldiers. Corruption, they say, goes right to the top. Produced in collaboration with Ben Zand and Vice TV. In Mexico’s Sinaloa state, violence has become a way… Continue reading Inside Mexico's Most Powerful Drug Cartel | Foreign Correspondent