Press Play with Madeleine Brand
El Mencho: Bigger threat to U.S. than El Chapo
A man known as El Mencho has taken over as Mexico’s lead drug kingpin. He’s ruthlessly violent, even by Mexican standards. He has thousands of soldiers and even a submarine fleet. He’s estimated to be worth around $1 billion. We speak with the DEA agent tasked with finding him.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readA man known as El Mencho has taken over as Mexico’s lead drug kingpin. He’s ruthlessly violent, even by Mexican standards. He has thousands of soldiers and even a submarine fleet. He’s estimated to be worth around $1 billion. We speak with the DEA agent tasked with finding him.
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2 of 5What we learn from transcript of Trump and Pena Nieto call- 0:00Trump's unpredictability shown in transcript of call with Mexican president
- 6:35El Mencho: Bigger threat to U.S. than El ChapoYou’re reading this
- 22:52CRISPR cuts out disease-causing genes, raises fears of designer babies
- 29:49Japan faces lowest birth rate in a century -- because of men
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