The Most Dangerous Primary School You've Never Heard Of
In Mexico's Golden Triangle, where Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Durango meet, children are groomed into the drug trade from birth. This exposé reveals how El Chapo, like many others, went from planting poppies as a child to running a global drug empire.
Let’s get this out of the way from the start. We love a good antihero, don’t we? We devour stories of crime bosses living lavishly in mountain lairs, clad in sharp suits, barking orders to henchmen who say little and die easily. It’s all rather glamorous, isn’t it? Or at least, that’s how it’s portrayed in those slick Netflix dramas where drug barons sip expensive whisky while the camera lingers lovingly on their wristwatches. In the world of television, narco-kings are a bit like rock stars, albeit with fewer guitar solos and significantly more mass graves.
But now, let’s do something dreadful. Let’s peel back the glossy veneer of all that binge-worthy entertainment and plunge headfirst into the actual Golden Triangle. This isn’t the kind of place where you’ll find designer suits and diamond-studded Cartier accessories. This is a place where dreams go to die, and in many cases, they die young.
