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The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended America’s Drug War <[link removed]> Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. Then the case fell apart — and took down U.S.-Mexican cooperation on drug policy with it. by Tim Golden

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Dropping the Charges Against General Cienfuegos Was William Barr’s Call <[link removed]> How the most significant corruption case against a Mexican official fell apart. by Tim Golden <[link removed]>

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