EXPERT INTERVIEW — The Trump administration is prioritizing going after Mexican drug cartels as a key national security objective. It has designated [...]
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DEEP DIVE — When the U.S. intelligence community (IC) declared last week that the greatest danger to American national security is old-fashioned [...]
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Cipher Brief COO Brad Christian spoke with Michael Vigil, former Chief of International Operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), [...]
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Cipher Brief COO Brad Christian spoke with Michael Vigil, former Chief of International Operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), [...]
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DEEP DIVE — Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a co-founder and leader of Mexico's notorious Sinaloa Cartel, has entered a not guilty plea to 17 drug [...]
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SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Deep inside a ravine on the outskirts of a western Mexican city overseen by among the world's most powerful drug [...]
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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, law enforcement has kept a close eye on the impact the virus might have on drug cartels. Supply chains [...]
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Nine American women and children were killed by suspected drug cartel members in an attack in northern Mexico earlier this month, refocusing [...]
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Mike Vigil is the former Chief of International Operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration. He is one of the most highly decorated agents [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontMurder rates in Mexico are again on the rise due to shifting dynamics between the cartels and a struggle for control of lucrative [...]
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The brutal battle against the Cali Cartel enters a new chapter in the war on drugs, with the Season 3 premiere of the Netflix series Narcos on [...]
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For almost a decade, the Mexican government has deployed the latest version of a much longer effort to address the growing threat of Drug Trafficking [...]
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In the last scene of the movie Sicario, children in Ciudad Juarez play soccer as their parents cheer from the sidelines. Gunshots are heard in the [...]
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Having begun transforming its energy sector, the Mexican government is learning the ups and downs of opening its oil resources to foreign companies. [...]
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