Police officers guard a crime scene where a man was killed by gun fire in downtown Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on April 21, 2019. (GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images) TIJUANA, Mexico.— A Mexican drug cartel has killed at least six cops in Tijuana after local police officers stole a large cocaine cargo from a […]
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The 17 Best Drug Stories We Published in 2023
Looking back on the biggest stories of the year. We’ve published a hell of a lot of words about drugs this year. Our writers have ventured deep into the history of drug culture, gone on therapeutic retreats, interviewed world-leading experts, and uncovered the stories behind trends, crazes, crimes and moral panics. From the recreational to […]
Read MoreHe Led The Sinaloa Cartel, Now He Writes Songs About It
An image accompanying the new track by Jesús ‘El Rey’ Zambada. The brother of legendary Sinaloa Cartel founder Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada is launching a new career as a narcocorrido singer. Jesús ‘El Rey’ Zambada was arrested in 2008 and extradited to the U.S. He was a key witness in the high-profile trial of Mexico’s […]
Read MoreHitmen Just Murdered 13 Police Officers in Mexico’s Heroin Heartlands
A Guerrero community police officer stands an illegal poppy field, in Heliodoro Castillo, Guerrero state, Mexico, on March 25, 2018. Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images. MEXICO CITY—A local security chief and 12 police officers were murdered in an ambush in the violence-ridden southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Monday, according to authorities. The […]
Read MoreEmma Coronel, El Chapo’s Wife, Is Out of Prison Already. Will She Stay in the US?
Emma Coronel (R) seen at the trial of El Chapo (L) in Brooklyn in 2019. Photos by Getty. Emma Coronel, the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, is being set free today after spending less than three years behind bars for her role in her husband’s billion-dollar global organized crime empire. But […]
Read MorePeso Pluma, One of Mexico’s Biggest Stars, Threatened by CJNG Cartel Over El Chapo Songs
Mexican megastar Peso Pluma (R) has received threats over his El Chapo (L) songs. Photos via Getty. MEXICO CITY— Mexican megastar Peso Pluma was all smiles on stage Sunday as the closing act of a two-day-long music festival in the nation’s capital. He held the mic towards the Mexico City crowd of an estimated 100,000 […]
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