BBC's This World: How the US Government Allegedly Protected a Mexican Drug Cartel Tim Dowling - The Guardian
go to original March 13, 2015

This World: Secrets of Mexico's Drug War BBC Documentary 2015 (BBC)

The casual drug user - the sort who considers his crime to be essentially victimless – is often reminded that he funds a criminal network in which violence is endemic and bystanders are regular victims. But if you are American and you don’t like drugs, there is another way you can fund this system: by paying your taxes.

This World: Secrets of Mexico’s Drug War (BBC2) sought to explore the various ways in which US government enforcement agencies have become bound up in the business of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, ostensibly in the name of bringing down its kingpins.

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