Mass production has led to drastically lower prices and its use now rivals other commonly consumed drugs in Mexico like marijuana.
Stories by Parker Asmann
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With the Cienfuegos case, Mexico’s justice system will be put to the test
Mexico will face one of its biggest anti-corruption tests yet after a bombshell deal was brokered to drop charges against the ex-minister.
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Guerrero farmers face some obstacles if they’re to switch to legal crops
In a land with no roads opium gum is easier to transport than avocados. And if there were roads, cartels would want control of the crops.
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How Mexico’s ‘small armies’ came to commit a massacre
Two lesser-known gangs have grabbed headlines in the murder of women and children in northern Mexico but how did these “small armies” emerge?
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Ayotzinapa: what four years of impunity say about security in Mexico
The disappearance of 43 students four years ago put the level of collusion between organized crime and security forces on stark display.
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Obstructed justice: Ayotzinapa 3 years on
Reprinted from InSight Crime It remains unclear exactly how 43 students from a rural teachers’ college in Mexico disappeared three years ago. FULL STORY
