Narcos and avocados: Mexico’s diversifying drug cartels
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In attempts to amass more wealth, these organisations are dabbling in newer narcotics and even taking on the mining sector. The result is taking a toll on the country’s economy. Can a 100-year-old discovery solve the problem of antibiotic resistance? And we celebrate the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s first folio.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
| 0:12.1 | So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development. Yours calling. Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways |
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| 1:01.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:04.8 | I'm your host, Oire Ubunbi. |
| 1:07.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:15.6 | Antibiotics are an essential part of modern medicine. |
| 1:19.6 | But when bacteria develop a resistance to them, the consequences can be deadly. |
| 1:24.6 | On the hunt for a solution, scientists are investigating an innovation that has been largely neglected for almost a century. |
| 1:33.3 | And wherefore are thou correspondent this morning? |
| 1:39.3 | In the Globe Theatre, apparently, celebrating the 400 year anniversary of William Shakespeare's Bumper Book of Plays. |
| 1:53.0 | First up, though. |
| 2:12.4 | Today, the Justice Department is announcing significant enforcement actions against the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world. |
| 2:32.6 | In April, America's Attorney General, Merrick Garland, announced that the United States Department of Justice had indicted four sons of El Chapo, the imprisoned head of the Sinolawa cartel, which prosecutors claim is one of the biggest drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. |
| 2:38.6 | The Justice Department is attacking every aspect of the cartel's operations. |
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