On today’s episode, Vince sits down with investigative journalist Steve Fisher, based in Mexico City, to discuss organized crime and security in Mexico. They examine Fisher’s reporting on a cartel-controlled gold mine in Sonora, U.S.–Mexico security cooperation, recent extraditions, cartel power shifts, and the evolving tactics shaping today’s drug war.

Borderland is an IRONCLAD Original

Chapters:

(00:00) - Introduction

(04:21) - How a Cartel Gold Mine was Reclaimed

(17:25)- Why Cartels Maintain Power in Mexico

(19:50) - Mexico’s Most Recent Extraditions of Cartel Leaders to US

(23:38) - President Sheimbaum’s Approach to Cartels and US Relations

(32:12) - Cartels as Integrated Ecomomic and Social Entities

(39:48) - The US’s Role and Responsibility in Drug Trafficking Networks

(44:35) - Drone Warfare: Cartels’ Most Intimidating Tactic

(47:56) - From Special Forces to Training to El Mencho and CJNG’s Evolution

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