It is the leading cause of death among 18-45 year olds in the United States: fentanyl. Or rather its doctored version, M30, a blue pill twenty to forty times more powerful than heroin. A drug that kills, but which brings tens of billions of dollars to those who produce it.
For two years, Bertrand Monnet dove for The world at the heart of the most powerful Mexican cartel: the Sinaloa cartel. Camera in hand, he was able to document for the first time all the stages of the business model of the “narcos”from manufacturing fentanyl in Culiacan garages to laundering dirty money in Dubai skyscrapers.
The images and interviews obtained allow us to better understand how these ultra-efficient and violent multinational crime companies operate, which are now targeting a new market: France.
The death cooperative
In this second episode, follow us in our investigation into the organization of the cartel, punterosthe lookouts on motorcycles, to the different clans, all protected by sicarios, hitmen. The objective: to export millions of M30 pellets to the United States. A painstaking effort that takes us on the trail of New York dealers and American fentanyl consumers. In 2022, 130,000 people will die from fentanyl in the United States.
Watch the second episode of “Narco Business”:
Editor’s note: Voices and names have been anonymized.
To rewatch the previous episode: “In Culiacan, in the laboratories of hell”
Episode 3 available from 1er December.
Reserve your place for the public preview of the third episode, in the presence of Bertrand Monnet and Thomas Saintourens, journalist at Worldon November 30 in Paris.
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