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The Discovery of Mexico's First Coca Plantation Could Upend the Cocaine Business
Authorities in Mexico recently found 1,639 coca plants near the Guatemalan border, suggesting the country's cartels could eventually try to cut ties with their Colombian suppliers.
Keegan Hamilton
9.15.14
Drugs
The Zetas' Leader Has Been Captured, but Is That Really Such a Good Thing?
With Miguel Angel Treviño Morales captured, it looks likely that existing cartels and the newly independent factions within Los Zetas will duke it out over territory. And by that I mean relentlessly massacre each other with bloody gun battles in the...
Joseph Cox
7.19.13