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Ginger Thompson

Best Article World

How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico

The inside story of a cartel’s deadly assault on a Mexican town near the Texas border—and the U.S. drug operation that sparked it.

Ginger Thompson ProPublica, National Georgraphic Jun 2017 35min Permalink

Business Crime World

The Narco-Terror Trap

The DEA warns that drugs are funding terror. But is the agency stopping threats or staging them?

Ginger Thompson ProPublica Dec 2015 35min Permalink

Crime

A Drug Family in the Winner’s Circle

On the Mexican drug cartel accused of laundering money with race horses.

Ginger Thompson New York Times Jun 2012 Permalink