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Despite 'El Chapo' Conviction, 'Business Looks Better Than Ever' For Cartels, Mexican Journalist Says
The conviction this week of cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was a sensational moment in Mexico's drug war. But business continues largely as usual for Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel.
“The cartels produce more heroin, more methamphetamines, more marijuana,” says Mexican journalist and author Anabel Hernández. “Business looks better than ever even [though] El Chapo Guzmán is not there.”
Despite Guzmán having spent the past two years in a Manhattan jail cell, nothing has changed, according to Hernández. 2018 was the deadliest year in Mexico’s history, she points out, with 33,341 reported murders.
“El Chapo Guzmán is just a little element in the equation of corruption, drug trafficking and laundering money,” she tells Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd. “This is the key, not El Chapo Guzmán.”
Interview and remainder of the article here: Despite 'El Chapo' Conviction, 'Business Looks Better Than Ever' For Cartels, Mexican Journalist Says
The conviction this week of cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was a sensational moment in Mexico's drug war. But business continues largely as usual for Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel.
“The cartels produce more heroin, more methamphetamines, more marijuana,” says Mexican journalist and author Anabel Hernández. “Business looks better than ever even [though] El Chapo Guzmán is not there.”
Despite Guzmán having spent the past two years in a Manhattan jail cell, nothing has changed, according to Hernández. 2018 was the deadliest year in Mexico’s history, she points out, with 33,341 reported murders.
“El Chapo Guzmán is just a little element in the equation of corruption, drug trafficking and laundering money,” she tells Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd. “This is the key, not El Chapo Guzmán.”
Interview and remainder of the article here: Despite 'El Chapo' Conviction, 'Business Looks Better Than Ever' For Cartels, Mexican Journalist Says
