The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended America’s Drug War

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Inside the Case that Upended America’s Drug War

Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. Then the case fell apart — and took down U.S.-Mexican cooperation on drug policy with it.

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Read this last week, but I knew this story from awhile ago. H2, and the helicopter execution. I read all those blackberry message years ago. If anyone wants to truly understand corruption and violence in Mexico, this is the read.

 

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