The Rise of Opium Trafficking

In this episode, we do a deep dive into how opium trafficking originated in Mexico, who were the primary beneficiaries and how America stifled a revolutionary Mexican narcotics reform.

Sources for this episode are:

-El Siglo de Drogas by Luis Astorga

- Drug Trafficking in Mexico: A First General Assessment by Luis Astorga

- El Cartel de Sinaloa by Diego Enrique Osorno

- La Cosa Nostra en Mexico by Juan Alberto Cedillo

- El Narco by Ioan Grillo

- The Dope by Benjamin T. Smith

This episode was written by DEMOLER

Post Production by Sharp Spoon Media

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