Hacker News with Generative AI: Drug Trafficking

Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl (nytimes.com)
In their quest to build fentanyl empires, Mexican criminal groups are turning to an unusual talent pool: not hit men or corrupt police officers, but chemistry students studying at Mexican universities.
the US stirs up the hornet's nest of drug trafficking in Mexico (elpais.com)
Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for former Mexican drug czar Genaro García Luna, hours after Mexico’s president said Washington is ‘ jointly responsible’ for the violence that has broken out in Sinaloa
The Little-Known U.S. Agency Behind the Coups Against Mexico's Druglords (wsj.com)