Dear @SamoBurja Well I appreciate you reading and citing my work I think it's unfair to take a map I made of cartel territory based on years of reporting and stick your label on it. If you would cite that map as CrashOut - and/or Ioan Grillo that would be fair and appreciated.

Steve Albini dies. My friend played the first Big Black album on repeat when we were teenagers... (Albini was also the producer for Nirvana and Pixies...) www.theguardian.com/…

There are def questions in the murder of the surfers. The wounds were bullets in the head (is that right?) signifying execution rather death in a gunfight. Would robbers really kill 3 people over a car (or tires!), drive miles to hide bodies, burn car, then be caught with cell?

Baja California authorities were quick to find the bodies of the Australian and US surfers and arrest suspects. But questions remain. How did they find the suspects? Why they did they burn the vehicle if it was a robbery. My video analysis on the case: www.youtube.com/watc…

U.S. Marijuana Legalization Smashed Mexico's Weed Exports - As Intended Between 2013 and 2023, cannabis seizures on the border fell by 97.5 percent! But I was wrong. This didn't, as many hoped, weaken cartels, which are worse than ever. Story link at ↓ www.crashoutmedia.co…