To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
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When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.

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On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who is...

Since the 1970s, Switzerland has been characterized by a sometimes controversial, sometimes innovati...

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An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the ne...

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