<p>Resistance and division among Mexico’s indigenous Yaqui people. Anabela Carlon is a legal advocate for the indigenous Yaqui of Sonora – a fierce defender of her people’s land. She is no stranger to the immense dangers that face her in northern Mexico, a region dominated by organised crime. In 2016, she and her husband were kidnapped at gunpoint by maske ... Show More
Mar 2023
Killer drug: The Mexico connection
Fentanyl is deadly. Thousands of Americans die every year from a drug overdose – the majority of them after using a synthetic opioid like fentanyl. Fentanyl was developed as a legal, and effective, pain killer. Now, fuelled by insatiable US demand, it’s illicitly produced in make ... Show More
27m 20s
Feb 2024
Bonus: Killer drug: Fentanyl in Mexico and the US
Fentanyl is deadly. Thousands of Americans die every year from a drug overdose – the majority of them after using a synthetic opioid like fentanyl. It was developed as a legal, and effective, pain killer. Now, fuelled by insatiable US demand, it is illicitly produced in makeshift ... Show More
53m 39s
Dec 2021
New Mexico
New Mexico has the largest Hispanic population per capita in the US. A combination of Spanish, Mediterranean, Mexican, Pueblo and even Chuck-Wagon influences. But New Mexico is also a land of drugs, guns, monster vehicles, aliens and more guns. Original airdate: 2013, Season 2. T ... Show More
47m 26s
Nov 2022
Stories from the New Silk Road: Mexico
The town of El Triunfo in Tabasco state is not far from the Mexican border with Guatemala. Translated from Spanish, ‘El Triunfo’ means ‘The Triumph’ and being miles from the nearest city, with just over 5000 inhabitants, it does not usually attract much attention. However, that c ... Show More
28 m
Mar 2023
Killer drug: Fentanyl in the US
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is destroying lives all over the United States. Manufactured illegally and at a huge profit by drug cartels in Mexico, it’s smuggled across the border into southern California and Arizona. The director at one entry point on the border acknowledges th ... Show More
28m 8s
Jan 2022
El Mencho and CJNG: Mexico's Most Wanted and Sadistic Narco
He’s a recluse, a cockfighting high-roller, a former cop and a maniac. But will Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka El Mencho, do what he’s been threatening for years and become the most powerful cartel boss on the planet? From avocados to abogados, weed to coke to fentanyl, Mencho i ... Show More
55 m
May 2024
El Mayo: The Undisputed King of Mexico & the Betrayal of El Chapo
In the late 2000's, the Mexico government put together a list of dozens of Narco kingpins it wanted to bring down. Only one name from that list is not imprisoned or dead, and still sitting stop the Mexican cartel world: El Mayo. Nearing 80, he's never so much as been arrested des ... Show More
46m 46s
Jan 2024
Le Chiapas, un État mexicain qui s’enfonce dans la violence
Chaque jour la violence semble y gagner du terrain… Au sud du Mexique, l’État du Chiapas… La guerre entre les cartels qui se disputent le territoire fait vivre un enfer à la population. Le Chiapas est la région la plus pauvre du Mexique, oubliée des pouvoirs publics, victime de l ... Show More
19m 30s