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Feds to Let States Tap Opioid Funds for Meth, Cocaine Surge

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Jan 21, 2020 Pressed by constituents and state officials, lawmakers of both parties agree to broaden the scope of a $1.5 billion grant program. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Toll at Least 21 After Mexico Cartel Attack Near U.S. Border

The Associated Press Dec 1, 2019 Security forces clash with a presumed cartel assault force in Vialla Union, Mexico. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Sicario’ Film Review: Dirty War on Mexican Drug Cartels Could Become Reality

By Sebastian Rotella / ProPublica Oct 28, 2015 A veteran border correspondent compares the film’s underworld with the one he knows, and says Denis Villeneuve’s movie gets much right about the borderlands but crosses the line into exaggeration. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

LISTEN: Mexico’s Missing 43

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 12, 2015 Journalist Steve Fisher talks with KPFK’s Joshua Scheer about his and Anabel Hernández's investigative work on the missing 43 students in Mexico. Also, Truthdig's Kasia Anderson discusses Stephen Colbert's debut, and Liza Gold talks gun deaths and mental health. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Missing 43

By Carmen Boullosa and Mike Wallace Mar 14, 2015 This exclusive excerpt from “A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the ‘Mexican Drug War,’ ” gives a harrowing account of how 43 Mexican students disappeared last year. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )