CJNG Getting Stronger? The Brutal Reality Inside Mexico’s Worsening Security Crisis
On today’s episode, Vince welcomes back Katarina, host of Borderland: Dispatches, who shares her first-hand reporting from the site of El Mencho’s operation in Mexico. They discuss the evidence she fo...
23 Mar 1h
Mexico’s Cartels After El Mencho: Full-Scale Insurgency Ahead (Ed Calderon Returns)
On today's episode, Ed Calderon returns to Borderland: Narcosis to examine the operation that reportedly killed CJNG leader El Mencho. The conversation covers the details of the raid, inconsistencies ...
16 Mar 48min
Canada’s Great Lakes: CJNG Builds Massive Narcotics Corridor (Sam Cooper Returns)
On today’s episode, Vince welcomes back Samuel Cooper, Canadian journalist, author, and national security expert who has reported extensively on transnational crime, Mexican cartels, and international...
9 Mar 56min
El Mencho Dead: What’s Next for CJNG and Mexico’s Cartel War?
On today’s episode, Vince welcomes back Pierre Rausini to discuss reports surrounding the death of El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). They discuss what is known about the ...
2 Mar 52min
The CJNG in Riverside, California: The Highway That Fuels Cartel Expansion into the U.S.
On today's episode, Vince speaks with Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco about cartel activity in Riverside County, including the arrest connected to the family of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes of the ...
23 Feb 53min
The Strategy to Target Mexico’s Most Powerful Cartel Leaders (Pierre Rausini Returns)
On today’s episode, Vince welcomes back Pierre Rausini to break down a reported U.S. covert strategy, ‘Operation Seattle,’ putting pressure on Mexico’s cartels, political elites, and financial network...
16 Feb 1h 21min
Mexican Military or CJNG? Armed Men Cross the San Diego Border
On today's episode, journalist Hels Goethe joins Borderland to discuss reporting from the San Diego–Mexico border, including open corridors, cartel smuggling routes, and footage showing armed men in ...
9 Feb 59min
How a Cartel Gold Mine Was Taken Back — What It Reveals About Mexico’s Drug War
On today’s episode, Vince sits down with investigative journalist Steve Fisher, based in Mexico City, to discuss organized crime and security in Mexico. They examine Fisher’s reporting on a cartel-con...
2 Feb 59min
