Culiacan, Mexico, is the base of the Sinaloa cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful drug trafficking organizations.
A deadly beat in Mexico —
Culiacan, Mexico, is the base of the Sinaloa cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful drug trafficking organizations.
The Jardines de Humaya cemetery near Culiacan is the final resting place for some of Mexico's most infamous narco-traffickers and is filled with opulent graves and elaborate mausoleums.
A deadly beat in Mexico —
The Jardines de Humaya cemetery near Culiacan is the final resting place for some of Mexico's most infamous narco-traffickers and is filled with opulent graves and elaborate mausoleums.
In stark contrast to the Jardines del Humaya, a stark headstone sits in a small cemetery a few miles away. Oscar Rivera, a journalist, was shot down in 2007.
A deadly beat in Mexico —
In stark contrast to the Jardines del Humaya, a stark headstone sits in a small cemetery a few miles away. Oscar Rivera, a journalist, was shot down in 2007.
Journalist Javier Valdez Cardenas reports on a story for his newspaper Riodoce about a young man that has disappered and presumed a victim of drug violence in Culiacan, Mexico.
A deadly beat in Mexico —
Journalist Javier Valdez Cardenas reports on a story for his newspaper Riodoce about a young man that has disappered and presumed a victim of drug violence in Culiacan, Mexico.
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Sinaloa State Patrol ride the streets. Nearly 50,000 people have been killed in suspected drug-related violence in Mexico, according to Mexico's government.
A deadly beat in Mexico —
Sinaloa State Patrol ride the streets. Nearly 50,000 people have been killed in suspected drug-related violence in Mexico, according to Mexico's government.