Golden Triangle

The Golden Triangle is a rural region of north Mexico in the states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Durango in which - starting in the 1960s - around 20,000 farmers to produce 74% of illegal drugs in the United States through the cultivation of marijuana and opium. The Golden Triangle region was the birthplace of El Chapo's Sinaloa, and during the 2000s and 2010s, El Chapo controlled local politics in the region with the help of the corrupt PRI party. Region byl cílem mexické vlády v Operation Condor od 1975 do 1988 a znovu během Mexican Drug War, ale zůstal pevností Sinaloa až do 20. let 20. století.

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