Creator of ‘The Wire’ David Simon on Why the Drug War in America Failed
Before David Simon wrote and produced the much-lauded HBO show, “The Wire,” he was a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun. When he first joined the newspaper in the 1980s, crime in the city of...
View ArticleMexico Police Unprepared for New Military Tactics From Cartels
Members of a Mexican drug cartel fired rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs) at two military helicopters last week, destroying one of them. The incident follows a string of military-style attacks,...
View Article‘Sicario’ Film Review: Idealistic FBI Agent Becomes Pawn in Jaded CIA–Mexican...
ISIS beheadings, Mexican cartel beheadings—it’s pretty much the same deal. Parallels between the two evil institutions abound. Well, as the cartels down there maintain, the drug trade is just supply...
View ArticleDrug War Capitalism in Mexico and the Novels of Don Winslow
Ever heard of drug war capitalism? The term refers to the combination of anti-drug policies, state militarization, criminal activity, and paramilitarization that dissolves clear distinctions between...
View ArticleBurmese Villagers Go on Drug Crusade Where Authorities Failed
HPAKANT, Burma/Myanmar—Residents of this town in northern Burma’s opium country became their own drug investigators out of frustration with authorities’ failure to keep heroin and methamphetamine...
View ArticleCapture of El Chapo Won’t Stop Drug War in Mexico as Long as Corruption Is Rife
The recent capture of Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo, is but the latest episode in the absurd, unending, and media-driven spectacle of the drug war. El Chapo had...
View ArticleAnti-Air Missile Launcher Captured From Mexican Drug Cartel
A new weapon seized in a series of raids on the Mexican drug cartels in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, shows a concerning addition to the arsenals of the powerful gangs. Between April 15 and April 19,...
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