In this episode, we cover the rise of cocaine globally. How it eventually ended up in Mexico and how the Mexicans eventually took a majority share of the Colombian trafficking empire.

• Trends in Production, Trafficking and Consumption of Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Mexico by Kimberly C. Brouwer, Ph.D., Patricia Case, Sc.D., M.P.H., Rebeca Ramos, M.A., M.P.H., Carlos Magis-Rodríguez, M.D., M.P.H.4 Jesus Bucardo, M.D., Thomas L. Patterson, Ph.D. , and Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ph.D. published in the National Institute of Health

• 'Mexican Drug Traffickers Eclipse Colombian Cartels' by Douglas Farah; Molly Moore; March 30, 1997; The Washington Post

• 'Warehouse Manager Given Life Sentence in Record Cocaine Bust' by Henry Weinstein; Oct 29, 1991; Los Angeles Times

• How Mexican Cartels Won Drug War by William C. Rempel

• At the Devil’s Table by William C. Rempel

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