NARCAS: Women, Drugs and Crime

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Tren de Aragua Is Not an International Drug Trafficking Group
In case you were wondering....
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Deborah Bonello
A Fresh Female Narrative Ignites "Civil War."
Spoiler alert: If you plan to see Alex Garland’s new movie “Civil War” then don’t read this until you have.
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This Narca Pleaded Guilty, But Got 33 Years Behind Bars. Was She the Last Big Fish of Her Generation?
Julia Martha Lorenzana-Cordon was handed down a massive sentence earlier this month, but my source said she wasn’t as bad as the men in her trafficking…
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Mafia Matriarchs Weaponize Maternal Love in “The Good Mothers.”
Spoiler alert: Read this after you’ve watched “The Good Mothers.”
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Mexico's Synthetic Drug Problem is Meth, Not Fentanyl.
Fentanyl consumption may be more of a U.S than Mexican problem, but the same cannot be said of methamphetamine.
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March 28, 2024
I’ve been writing about mano dura, or “hard fist” security strategies in the region, and thinking about the concept of corruption in the U.S., compared…
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March 26, 2024
I keep getting asked by friends and contacts for a Substack update.
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Everything Netflix’s ‘Griselda’ Left Out About the Narca’s Violent History
Blanco came up from the bottom in 1940s Colombia, and according to historians was involved in crime basically from the time she could walk.
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AMUSED
Chapter 1
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Numb
Chapter 1
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This Bolivian Beauty Queen Got Arrested But Her Narco Boyfriend Escaped
Alondra Mercado Campos got arrested in Bolivia days before Christmas. Her narco boyfriend Andres Vasquez allegedly slipped out the back of the house…
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The End of VICE News Latam Marks New Beginnings
Some rare personal updates, and new intentions for 2024
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The highest-ranking woman in the Sinaloa Cartel Vs Emma Coronel.
Women's power today still seems to be defined by old metrics: What they look like and who they're sleeping with.
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The Women of the Mara: Adriana
Even if the gangs are officially instructed not to allow women into the organization, some homegirls remain in El Salvador. Adriana, whom I met in San…
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NARCAS: Women, Drugs and Crime
NARCAS: Women, Drugs and Crime
Original reporting and storytelling about women, drugs and crime, from a woman on the edge.
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