State and Crime
Powerful figures in Mexico leveraged inflated wages and illegal crops to maintain stability while employing former gunmen. The Federal Security Directorate, closely allied with the CIA, transitioned from suppressing leftists to engaging in criminal activities, offering protection to drug traffickers. This precarious alliance unraveled in 1985 following the high-profile kidnapping and murder of a DEA agent, exposing the dark underbelly of state-sanctioned crime.In this clip
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From the Vault: “El Chapo, the War on Drugs & Intelligence” – with Trial Reporter Noah Hurowitz
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