EXCELLENT book recommended by forum member:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/nyregion/el-chapo-trial.html

El Chapo’s Narco Spoils: A Beach House, a Zoo and a Fleet of Cash-Filled Jets

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...ge-of-drug-cartel-boss-el-gato-revealed/

EXCLUSIVE — First Known Image of Drug Cartel Boss ‘El Gato’ Revealed

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...cartel-members-body-dumped-near-prisons/

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS — Founding Los Zetas Cartel Member’s Body Dumped near Prisons

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...tured-killed-execution-style-in-tijuana/

Two U.S. Teens Tortured, Killed Execution-Style in Tijuana

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law...artment-dea-says/geRAJ08YCUoPtx6091VvvO/

3 cartel members stashed $300K of heroin, cocaine at Cobb apartment, DEA says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...s-mariachi-band-playing-taunting-n941576

'El Chapo' trial: Cartel member describes Mariachi band playing taunting song before murder attempt

The cultivation of opium in Mexico has grown by 21% in the last three years. This is shown by figures from the United Nations. Opium cultivation now covers an area as large as the American city of Philadelphia. The violence also increases.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...d-violence-in-ritzy-border-state-suburb/

Mexican Officials Confirm Cartel Turf War Behind Violence in Ritzy Border State Suburb

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...-ex-cops-arrested-on-kidnapping-charges/

Two Mexican Border State Ex-Cops Arrested on Kidnapping Charges

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/11/28/fentanyl-real-chemical-weapon-attack-u-s-border/

Hayward: Fentanyl Is the Real Chemical Weapon Attack at the U.S. Border

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/12/01/grenade-explodes-at-u-s-consulate-in-southern-mexico/

Grenade Explodes at U.S. Consulate in Mexico

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...ficker-captured-in-mexican-border-state/

WATCH: Bangladeshi Alleged Human Trafficker Captured in Mexican Border State

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...cartel-boss-outside-border-state-prison/

GRAPHIC — Los Zetas Leaves Severed Head of Cartel Boss Outside Border State Prison

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/12/03/journalist-killed-in-western-mexico-18th-in-2018/

ournalist Killed in Western Mexico — 18th in 2018

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...iance-spikes-violence-near-texas-border/

GRAPHIC EXCLUSIVE — New Cartel Alliance Spikes Violence near Texas Border

http://batimes.com.ar/news/world/el-chapos-trial-gives-inside-look-at-his-rise-to-power.phtml

Trial grants inside look at 'El Chapo' Guzmán's rise to power

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...sted-in-border-state-on-weapons-charges/

Mexican Police Director, Staff Arrested in Border State on Weapons Charges

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...-hanging-in-mexican-border-state-prison/

GRAPHIC — Cartel Boss Found Hanging in Mexican Border State Prison

https://www.theledger.com/news/2018...-up-about-cartels-ruthlessness-bloodshed

Consort of notorious drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman opens up about cartels' ruthlessness, bloodshed

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunting-for-hidden-graves-in-mexico/

Hunting for hidden graves in Mexico

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...256cbd_story.html?utm_term=.433f702cad97

Attack by gunmen to free prisoner kills 6 police in Mexico

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7901885/mexico-police-killed-gang-cartel-jalisco/

LETHAL SHOOTOUT Shocking pics show bullet-riddled bodies of six Mexico cops shot dead by gang trying to free prisoner as crime epidemic escalates

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...-firefight-kills-five-near-texas-border/

GRAPHIC — Mexican Cartel Firefight Kills Five near Texas Border

Six dead cops and one wounded verses one wounded cartel member. They must of caught them sleeping.

https://www.breitbart.com/video/201...y-of-smuggling-routes-on-arizona-border/

Watch: Mexican Cartel’s Trash Leads to Discovery of Smuggling Route on Arizona Border

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...artel-boss-behind-border-state-violence/

EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: Mexico Captures Cartel Boss Behind Border State Violence

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...rders-in-two-years-amid-cartel-turf-war/

Tijuana Marks 4100 Murders in Two Years amid Cartel Turf War

https://www.breitbart.com/border/20...ith-migrant-families-says-border-patrol/

18th Street Gang Member Crossed into Texas with Migrant Families, Says Border Patrol

https://www.timesofmalta.com/articl...lers-ingested-mexican-cartel-cash.696097

Smugglers ingested Mexican cartel cash