The history behind Trump's pledge to 'take care of' Mexico's cartels: Our CEO interviews Carlos Pérez Ricart

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The history behind Trump's pledge to 'take care of' Mexico's cartels: Our CEO interviews Carlos Pérez Ricart

A few weeks ago, a well-read friend of mine gave me a book with no commentary other than “You must read this.” The book, titled “One Hundred Years of Spies and Drugs: The Story of United States Counternarcotics Agents in Mexico” by Carlos Pérez Ricart, didn’t exactly fit into my standard reading interests, which are more focused on business, the economy and politics. But given my friends’ insistence, I decided to give the book a try. I remember …

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Cartels Are Business as Usual Despite Trump’s Terror Designations

As the Trump administration expands its presence on the Mexico border, and apparently preps a “soft invasion,” cartels are fighting local battles.

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Faced with the designation of six Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations by the Donald Trump administration, drug traffickers and narco-menudists claim that they will defend themselves if the governments of Mexico or the United States decide to “attack them.” “It will not be we who start a war,” responded an operator in charge of supervising an area of Tijuana for a cartel, in an interview with journalist Katarina Szulc for the Crashout port…