New Episodes Every Monday. An unfiltered look at real stories from America's Southern Border. Each week, special operations combat veteran, actor, writer, and veteran BORSTAR Agent Vincent “Rocco” Vargas sits down with guests to discuss the ruthless forces driving mass migration—organized crime. This season, Borderland: Narcosis takes an unfiltered look at the criminal networks fueling the crisis, from human trafficking and the drug trade to extortion and corruption embedded at every level of society. An IRONCLAD Original
Borderland with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas
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New Episodes Every Monday. An unfiltered look at real stories from America's Southern Border. Each week, special operations combat veteran, actor, writer, and veteran BORSTAR Agent Vincent “Rocco” Vargas sits down with guests to discuss the ruthless forces driving mass migration—organized crime. This season, Borderland: Narcosis takes an unfiltered look at the criminal networks fueling the crisis, from human trafficking and the drug trade to extortion and corruption embedded at every level of society. An IRONCLAD Original
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The Cartel War That Turned Zacatecas, Mexico into a WAR ZONE: Katarina Szulc & Vince 'Rocco' Vargas
Investigative journalist Katarina Szulc and Vince 'Rocco' Vargas discuss the cartel war transforming Zacatecas into a war zone and the drug trade's global reach.
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The Cartel War That Turned Zacatecas, Mexico into a WAR ZONE: Katarina Szulc & Vince 'Rocco' Vargas
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[…] So it's going to be interesting to see how this war, I guess, plays out, because it seems like this is a sub cell of CG&G that's very powerful and moving up pretty fast. So that's what's happening in Zacatecas. There's something that says in late August there was a car bombing that targeted a police station. How common is it that police are getting targeted in these kind of attacks? Is this always happening now? It's fairly common, yeah. We see it a lot in Michoacan, in Sinaloa, even in Jalisco a bit, and then in Zacatecas for sure. But this is very much like if the law enforcement is on your adversary's payroll – you go for the law enforcement. […]
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