Hollywood tells us people join drug cartels for money, power, and glamour. What’s really happening is far more chilling.
In this episode of Mexico Decoded Podcast, I speak with Pablo Ferri, a journalist for the Spaniard newspaper El País, who specializes in organized crime.
His work has revealed a hidden reality: forced labor inside drug cartels. A horror few outside Mexico truly know, and one that changes everything we thought we understood about how organized crime keeps itself alive.
Let’s get into it.












