How Killing Cartel Kingpins Backfires: Fragmentation, Violence, and Chaos
In this episode of Borderland: Dispatches, Katarina examines the long-running “kingpin strategy” used by the U.S. and Mexican governments to dismantle drug cartels by targeting their top leaders. Draw...
12 Juni 202525min
CJNG’s U.S. Oil Pipeline: How Stolen Mexican Fuel Enters American Markets
On today’s episode, Katarina explores how fuel theft—known as huachicol—has evolved from a local criminal tactic into a multinational enterprise with direct links to U.S. ports, businesses, and nation...
10 Juni 202521min
The Rise of a Super Cartel: CJNG’s Reign Across Mexico & Transformation Into a Global Criminal Empire
In this episode of Borderland: Dispatches, Katarina unpacks how the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) has emerged as the dominant force in Mexico’s criminal underworld. From brutal turf wars to ...
5 Juni 202531min
The Cartel PR Machine: Inside Mexico’s Narco Propaganda War
On today’s episode, Katarina examines how Mexican cartels have developed sophisticated propaganda strategies to expand their influence and control. From traditional narcocorridos to viral TikTok video...
3 Juni 202529min
Exposing the Cartel Enterprise: Theft, Extortion, and Cybercrime
On today’s episode, Katarina breaks down how cartels are cashing in on more than just drugs. It starts with crude oil theft—massive, organized operations draining fuel straight from pipelines. Then it...
29 Maj 202529min
Fentanyl’s Deadly Route: Exposing Canada’s Open Border Crisis
On today’s episode, Katarina begins her journey at the bustling Port of Vancouver, a key gateway where global trade intersects with local challenges. She then heads to East Hastings Street, one of Nor...
27 Maj 202513min
Inside America’s Multi-Front Crackdown on CJNG
In this episode, Katarina unpacks the DOJ’s unprecedented April 2025 indictment of Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez—the first time terrorism charges have been brought against a cartel operative for p...
22 Maj 202530min
From Anapra to El Paso: How Trump's Crackdown Is Playing Out on the Ground
On the debut episode of Borderland: Dispatches, Katarina takes viewers to the U.S.-Mexico border near Anapra, New Mexico, to examine the impact of new executive orders issued since Trump’s return to o...
20 Maj 202528min
