Hacker News with Generative AI: Drug Trafficking

US Threats and Mexico's Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel (nytimes.com)
A barrage of arrests, drug seizures and lab busts by the Mexican authorities in recent months has struck the behemoth Sinaloa Cartel, according to Mexican officials and interviews with six cartel operatives, forcing at least some of its leaders to scale back on fentanyl production in Sinaloa state, their stronghold.
Mexico extradites 29 drug traffickers to the United States (elpais.com)
Mexico has extradited 29 drug traffickers who were being held in different prisons across the country to the United States on Thursday, according to the Mexican attorney general’s office.
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)