Etiqueta: drugs
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El Chapo: the storm
Clouds accumulated in the sky of Ciudad Juarez, without leaving a single glare of sunlight. Soon, A storm would fall. A man who once would have been as powerful as Pablo Escobar, now, crossed the airport runway led by the hand of his former arch nemesis, Mexican military and DEA agents. The Airport of Ciudad…
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El Chapo: the war that never ends
Eight years of war against drugs in Mexico had only made the situation worse. In 2006, the year when the conflict was officially declared, there were four cartels, in 2014 the cartels were nine. The suspicions of electoral fraud in 2012 and the disagreement of the civilian population with the reforms were palpable. To emphasize…
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«El Chapo»: a story in three acts
It was May 24th of 1993, that day began the story of persecution of the most famous villain in the current Mexico. Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán was already an accomplished criminal in that year, owner of the commercial route that goes from Panama to the border area of Tijuana. However, a unique and specific crime…