Keegan Hamilton
The DEA Just Arrested Mexico's Ex-Defense Chief in Los Angeles
Drug trafficking and money laundering charges against the former military chief, who answered only to the president, accuse him of working with, rather than against, Mexico’s powerful cartels.
A Super-Spreader Jail Keeps Sparking COVID Outbreaks Across the U.S.
A "hillbilly county jail" in Oklahoma has been linked to multiple coronavirus hot spots in the federal Bureau of Prisons.
Border Patrol Snipers Were Authorized to Use Deadly Force at George Floyd’s Burial
Records obtained by VICE News show police in Pearland, Texas, invited federal agents to surveil Floyd's burial and authorized them to open fire in the event of unrest.
'Man Down!': Inside the Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak at San Quentin
How a massive outbreak at California's San Quentin State Prison spread to death row, killing a dozen condemned prisoners.
El Chapo Claims VICE’s Interview With a Juror Should Get Him a New Trial
The ex-Sinaloa cartel leader filed an appeal listing 10 reasons his conviction should be overturned, including comments made by an anonymous juror last year.
Mexican Cartels Are Arming Themselves to the Teeth With Powerful US Sniper Rifles
High-powered .50-caliber rifles can be purchased legally in most of the U.S. — and they keep showing up in the hands of cartel gunmen.
'Con Air' Is Spreading COVID-19 All Over the U.S. Prison System
Whistleblowers say dozens of prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 after being moved between jails and federal prisons due to a lack of safeguards in the Justice Department.
How a Pharma Giant Flooded the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation With Opioids
Exclusive data shows drug distributor McKesson supplied the vast majority of painkillers to Native American communities across the U.S. during the opioid epidemic.
Confessions of a Chinese Fentanyl Trafficker: ‘I’m Really Afraid of Hurting People’
We arranged a meeting in Shanghai with a synthetic-drug merchant for our podcast “Painkiller: America’s Fentanyl Crisis.”
How Racism Fuels the Fentanyl Crisis in America
Our new podcast “Painkiller: America’s Fentanyl Crisis” explores how overdose deaths are linked to racism and a broken healthcare system.
Inside the Sinaloa Cartel’s Fentanyl Smuggling Operations
We shadowed cartel members in Mexico along every step of the fentanyl supply chain.
Cartels, Chemists, and the Story of Fentanyl in the U.S.
A new podcast series from VICE News and Spotify is a deep dive into the powerful opioid fueling America’s overdose crisis.