When killing the kingpin isn’t enough


Newspapers featuring the death of El Mencho are displayed in Mexico City. — Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/The New York Times

DRUG lords have been killed or captured, and cartels have splintered or collapsed, only to see more violent ones replace them and the illicit trade expand.

So, in nearly 60 years of the war on drugs, what has actually worked?

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