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A Cop-Cartel Heist and Sky High Homicide Rates: What the Hell is Going on in Tijuana
A Cop-Cartel Heist and Sky High Homicide Rates: What the Hell is Going on in Tijuana
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52 minutes
Released:
Jan 16, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
When a team of cops drove a truck laden with Sinaloa Cartel product out of a Tijuana warehouse in November, experts predicted violence even worse than the city had suffered in recent years, as roiling fentanyl and meth industries had made it Mexico’s most dangerous city by far.
The reprisals began just hours later—and they still haven’t stopped. Now, with bodies piling, sex and people trafficking at all-time highs and the golden days of prohibition racetracks a more-than-distant memory, what on earth can be done to quell the killing? With Tijuana’s mayor holed up in an army barracks, perhaps not a lot.
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The reprisals began just hours later—and they still haven’t stopped. Now, with bodies piling, sex and people trafficking at all-time highs and the golden days of prohibition racetracks a more-than-distant memory, what on earth can be done to quell the killing? With Tijuana’s mayor holed up in an army barracks, perhaps not a lot.
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Released:
Jan 16, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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