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US/Mexico Border

Posted inNews Drug Policy

US Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping, and Here’s Why

by Parker Asmann 13 Jun 202427 Jun 2024
A highway sign outside Culiacán spray-painted with “Chapisa,” a reference to the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Posted inNews Fentanyl

Mexico Fentanyl Production Migrates North as Chapitos Death Threats Loom

by Parker Asmann, Victoria Dittmar and Peter Appleby 18 Mar 202418 Mar 2024
Posted inInvestigations Methamphetamine

Beyond China: How Other Countries Provide Precursor Chemicals to Mexico

by Sara Garcia 28 Feb 202428 Feb 2024
Posted inInvestigations Fentanyl

Brokers: Lynchpins of the Precursor Chemical Flow to Mexico

by Parker Asmann 2 Feb 202428 Feb 2024
Posted inNews Synthetic Drugs

Mexico’s 2024 Election Could Spark Violent Criminal Realignments

by Parker Asmann 15 Jan 202415 Jan 2024
Posted inNews Prisons

A Look From Within: Navigating Extreme Violence in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

by Ignacio Alvarado Álvarez 9 Jan 202411 Jan 2024
Posted inNews Synthetic Drugs

‘Children of War’: How Violence and Addiction Rob the Youth of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

by Ignacio Alvarado Álvarez 8 Jan 20248 Jan 2024
Posted inNews Fentanyl

GameChangers 2023: US-Mexico Tensions Undermine the Fight Against Fentanyl

by Parker Asmann and Victoria Dittmar 28 Dec 202322 Dec 2023
Posted inNews Sinaloa Cartel

After Arrests, Extraditions, and Infighting, What Does the Future Hold for Mexico’s Chapitos?

by Parker Asmann 19 Dec 202315 Jan 2024
A sign reading "Entering Sásabe" next to a road in Sonora, Mexico.
Posted inNews Mexico

Sonora, Mexico Under Siege Amid Sinaloa Cartel Battle Over Migrant Smuggling

by Parker Asmann 22 Nov 202325 Nov 2023
Fentanyl seized by US authorities
Posted inNews Fentanyl

Fentanyl Seizures on US-Mexico Border at Record High Amid Production Ban

by Parker Asmann 21 Nov 202321 Nov 2023
The faces of
Posted inMexico Mexico Personalities

Chapitos

by InSight Crime 25 Oct 20233 Jun 2024

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