Patrick Radden Keefe and William Finnegan on the arrest of El Chapo and the drug war.
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 28 February 2014
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Patrick Radden Keefe and William Finnegan on the arrest of El Chapo and the drug war.
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| 1:43.9 | On Saturday, Mexican forces captured Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo, the drug lord of the Sinaloa cartel, and the U.S. is pushing for extradition. |
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