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The cartel project

The Guardian joins a global consortium to continue the work of murdered Mexican journalists. In collaboration with 24 international media outlets across 18 countries, and coordinated by Forbidden Stories, the project investigates the global networks of Mexican drug cartels and their political connections around the world

11 December 2020

  • An expert works at a crime scene in Mexico City on 26 June.

    ‘They’re culpable’: the countries supplying the guns that kill Mexico’s journalists

    Many of the weapons used in the murders of 119 journalists were imported – and Mexico’s laws and culture make tracing them impossible

9 December 2020

  • Blank 3D illustration brochure or magazine isolated on gray.<br>Guardian Weekly cover, 11 December 2020

    The cartel project: Inside the 11 December Guardian Weekly

    Many journalists have been murdered in Mexico for trying to expose the narco state, as our special report reveals

8 December 2020

  • Fentanyl pills being made in Mexico. ‘I know my pill is very powerful and that it will create dependence. And that’s what I want.’

    Revealed: how Mexico's Sinaloa cartel has created a global network to rule the fentanyl trade

    Drugs bust in India sheds light on how adaptable cartels have come to dominate the lucrative trade in the powerful synthetic opioid

7 December 2020

  • MEXICO-CRIME-VIOLENCE-POLICE<br>Policemen work at a crime scene after a colleague was killed in Acapulco on July 23, 2018. - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who will take office on December 1, 2018 inherits a messy war on drug cartels from his predecessor Enrique Pena Nieto. Since Mexico deployed its army to fight drug trafficking in 2006 during the presidency of Felipe Calderon, the country has been engulfed in a wave of violence that has left more than 200,000 murders, 30,000 missing, as well as complaints against the heavily armed security forces for violations, extrajudicial executions and forced disappearances. (Photo by FRANCISCO ROBLES / AFP) (Photo credit should read FRANCISCO ROBLES/AFP via Getty Images)

    'It's a free-for-all': how hi-tech spyware ends up in the hands of Mexico's cartels

    Mexico has become a major importer of spying kit but officials are accused of colluding with criminal groups – and innocent individuals are often targeted

6 December 2020

  • Regina Martínez, who was murdered in 2012, pictured in 1992.

    Murder in Mexico: journalists caught in the crosshairs

    The 2012 killing of Regina Martínez, who was investigating links between organised crime and politics, began a wave of violence in the most dangerous country to be a reporter
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