The Modern Cartels: Sinaloa, Los Zetas & Mexico’s Fragmented Drug Trade
Mexico’s modern cartel era didn’t emerge from one organization. It grew out of a fractured system of competing networks, alliances, regional operators and hundreds of separate criminal organizations.
In this episode of Deadly Intentions, Bubba and Pete trace what happened after the old Guadalajara structure broke apart and Mexico’s modern cartel system began to take shape.
They follow the rise and evolution of Sinaloa, Tijuana, Juárez, the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, including the geographic disadvantages Sinaloa initially faced, the air-bridge operation that helped keep the network alive…
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