DEMOLER: The Prelude

In this episode, we cover the rise of cocaine globally. How it eventually ended up in Mexico and how the Mexicans eventually took a majority share of the Colombian trafficking empire.Trends in Production, Trafficking and Consumption of Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Mexico by Kimberly C. Brouwer, Ph.D., Patricia Case, Sc.D., M.P.H., Rebeca Ramos, M.A., M.P.H., Carlos Magis-Rodríguez, M.D., M.P.H.4 Jesus Bucardo, M.D., Thomas L. Patterson, Ph.D. , and Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ph.D. published in the National Institute of Health'Mexican Drug Traffickers Eclipse Colombian Cartels' by Douglas Farah; Molly Moore; March 30, 1997; The Washington Post'Warehouse Manager Given Life Sentence in Record Cocaine Bust' by Henry Weinstein; Oct 29, 1991; Los Angeles TimesHow Mexican Cartels Won Drug War by William C. RempelAt the Devil’s Table by William C. RempelThis episode was written by DEMOLER;Post Production by Sharp Spoon Media You can find early released episodes, bonus content, episode photos, maps and infographics and more on our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/DEMOLER

In this episode, we cover Operation Condor: how it started, its intended goals, and how the operation quickly began targeting minority groups. We also veer into how the operation helped to reorganize the space in which trafficking groups continued operating. Sources for this episode are:Underground Empire by James MillsCIA Assets and the Rise of the Guadalajara Connection by Jonathan MarshallNuestra Historia Narcótica. Pasajes Para (Re)legalizar Las Drogas en México by Froylán EncisoNARCOLAND by Anabel HernandezOperation Condor: Mexico’s Antidrug Campaign Enters a New Era by Richard Craig.Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America by Peter Dale Scott and J. MarshallOperation Condor, The War on Drugs and Counterinsurgency in the Golden Triangle (1977–1983) by Adela CedilloThe Dope by Benjamin T. SmithThis episode was written by DEMOLER;Post Production by Sharp Spoon Media You can find early released episodes, bonus content, episode photos, maps and infographics and more on our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/DEMOLER

In this episode, we do a deep dive into how marijuana grew in Mexico, the subsequent rejection of it, and how a counterculture used it as the plant of its movement. We also do a deep dive into the start of counternarcotics campaigns.Sources for this episode are:El Siglo de Drogas by Luis AstorgaDrug Trafficking in Mexico: A First General Assessment - by Luis AstorgaHome Grown: Marijuana and the Origins of Mexico's War on Drugs By Isaac CamposEl Cartel de Sinaloa by Diego Enrique OsornoEl Narco by Ioan GrilloThe Dope by Benjamin T. SmithThe 1972 Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs By Edward M. Brecher and the Editors of Consumer Reports MagazineOperation Intercept: The Perils of Unilateralism by Kate DoyleThis episode was written by DEMOLER;Post Production by Sharp Spoon MediaYou can find early released episodes, bonus content, episode photos, maps and infographics and more on our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/DEMOLER

In this episode, we do a deep dive into how opium trafficking originated in Mexico, who were the primary beneficiaries and how America stifled a revolutionary Mexican narcotics reform.Sources for this episode are:-El Siglo de Drogas by Luis Astorga- Drug Trafficking in Mexico: A First General Assessment by Luis Astorga- El Cartel de Sinaloa by Diego Enrique Osorno- La Cosa Nostra en Mexico by Juan Alberto Cedillo- El Narco by Ioan Grillo- The Dope by Benjamin T. SmithThis episode was written by DEMOLERPost Production by Sharp Spoon MediaYou can find early released episodes, bonus content, episode photos, maps and infographics and more on our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/DEMOLER

This podcast is about the earliest signs of an emerging trafficking empire in Mexico, and the corrupt politicians that profited from it. It is about the decades of abuse of minority communities disguised as public policies; it is about that system that nurtured an uncontrollable monster that continues to birth ultra-violent and merciless reapers.This is Demoler: The Prelude.