The Power of Cartels: How Sinaloa and CJNG Maintain Their Stranglehold on Mexico

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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On today’s episode, Andy sits down investigative reporter based in Mexico, Katarina Szulc to discuss the entrenched presence of cartels in Mexico and their growing influence beyond its borders. With firsthand reporting from the front lines in both Mexico and Canada, she exposes how these criminal organizations have embedded themselves in daily life, corrupted institutions, and expanded into a powerful international network. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD ORIGINAL Sponsors: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 off your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.3	Every time there's a crackdown or, you know, they grab the big guy.
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1:22.2	I mean, right now something that we're not seeing as much, we're not talking about, is the fact that the Sinaloa cartel, which since the infighting began between the two factions of that cartel on September 9th, that cartel has been struggling.
1:32.3	And there's another cartel called the Halisco New Generation Cartel, which right now, you know, is going, is operating so under the radar.
1:38.4	I mean, I give it two years, maybe max, and they're just going to be like the cartel.
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