Inside the World Cup's Narco State

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of Mexico as the host of the World Cup amidst powerful criminal networks and political ties.

We head down Mexico way to unpack the country hosting the World Cup, a $1.8 trillion economy living side by side with one of the most powerful criminal networks on earth. Drugs, guns, avocados, and the politics tying Trump and Sheinbaum together whether they like it or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: David McWilliams, John Davis

Topics covered

• World Cup
• Mexico
• criminal networks
• politics
• economy
• drugs
• guns

Keywords

• World Cup
• Mexico
• narco state
• criminal networks
• Trump
• Sheinbaum
• economy
• drugs
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Cup

Places: Mexico

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