News readers have become numb to daily reports of cartel violence, drug seizures, and killings across Mexico. Precious few understand how the country got here and how the different governments and society as a whole have tried to deal with organised crime.

US listeners, be advised, the United States does not come out looking great in this episode of Mexico: The Podcast.

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