World

Inside Mexico’s Failed El Chapo Raid

Overkill

The Mexican navy opened fire with helicopter gunships on civilian homes in a mountain village, sending 700 families running for cover.

articles/2015/10/20/inside-mexico-s-failed-el-chapo-raid/151019-McGahan-el-chapo-tease_br76a4
Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty

The goings-on in the mountains and forests that blanket the Pacific Northwest of Mexico can often be as impenetrable as the terrain itself. Back in the 1970s, anti-drug agents demarcated an area of the Sierra Madre Occidental as the Golden Triangle, after the heroin-producing region of Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos...

We think “subscriber” would look good on you. Join now to unlock access.

Don't miss this subscriber exclusive article. 

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.