New York Times reporters witnessed the dangerous fentanyl production process inside a secret lab in Culiacán run by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate.
Author: Natalie Kitroeff, Paulina Villegas and Meridith Kohut
How Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals
A global crackdown on fentanyl has led cartels to innovate production methods and test their risky formulas on people, as well as rabbits and chickens.
A Cartel Double-Cross Turns a Mexican State Into a War Zone
An explosive deception has ripped apart one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups, the Sinaloa cartel, and ignited a war between the rival factions.