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Mexico City: the entire city is slowly sinking downwards. Supersized Earth I, BBC 2012
Mexico is bursting with life. And if you know where to look, hidden inside these creatures are clues that tell how this planet became their home. Brian Cox, Wonders of Life V: Home, BBC 2013
Mexico: The area near the town of Ceballos is called by the local Zona Del Silencio, the Zone of Silence. It’s an epicentre for some of the strangest phenomena ever experienced on Earth. The Zone of Silence was first identified in the 1930s. Ancient Aliens s2e1: Mysterious Places, History 2010
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Chichen Itza stands the great pyramid of El Castillo. Ancient Aliens s3e5: Aliens and Mysterious Rituals, History 2011
Mexico Teotihuacan suggests ancient builders had knowledge not only of architecture but of complex mathematical and astronomical sciences. Ancient Aliens s3e6: Aliens and the Ancient Engineers
Are we alone? Science tells us that it is improbable. If alien life does exist beyond our planet, then surely it’s only a matter of time before we have evidence here on Earth. Mexico – a creature [Metepec] that for more than five years has left scientists unable to explain its origins. Alien Investigation, Channel 4 2012
Measuring no more than nineteen inches, pink and almost hairless, and with large, luminous eyes, the creature was said to be conscious and made a noise that no witness could identify … the Metepec creature. ibid.
They’re trained mercenaries. Their code of silence unparalleled. Their ruthlessness unquestioned. Los Zetas are one of America’s deadly gangs, and those who stand in their way pay a gruesome price. The gang already controls Mexico, and their sights are set on the American side of the border. Gangland s3e11: To Torture or to Kill, History 2008
Spanning the Rio Grande is the World Trade Bridge – the main road connection between the two countries. ibid.
Los Zetas smuggle tons of narcotics across the US border. The drugs are worth billions. ibid.
They are also willing to sacrifice the innocent to get what they want. ibid.
On the Mexican side they flaunt their power. ibid.
For the past several years Los Zetas have been at war with their chief rival the Sinaloa Cartel. ibid.
The most lucrative drugs corridor in the world. ibid.
The Cartel formed in the 1930s as a family business. ibid.
They are business first, and if you get in the way of business they are going to kill you. Sara A Carter, reporter The Washington Times
The Corridor is so important to the drugs cartels because that is how they move their supply. Sara A Carter
Video offers brutal glimpse of drug cartel. The Dallas Morning News
I volunteered: ‘Me, me, me, me, I’ll kill them!’ Reta, Los Zetas
We had two murders in broad daylight here in Laredo. And at that point we knew that things were not going to get better. Janice Ayala, ICE agent
Be very careful about taxis in this city. Scam City s2e2: Mexico City, National Geographic 2014
Express kidnapping carried out by bogus taxi drivers. ibid.
Cops who are kidnappers. ibid.
Between 2006 and 2011 the Mexican drug war has caused the deaths of over 36,000 people. In Mexico alone, drug trafficking generates $25 billion a year. Miss Bala 2011 starring Stephanie Sigman & Irene Azuela & Miguel Couturier & Gabriel Heads & Noe Hernandez & James Russo & Jose Yenque et al, director Gerardo Naranjo, caption
The Mexican-American war lasted more than a year and a half. Ken Burns, The West II, PBS 1996
In this one-hour Vanguard report we’ll look at the fight amongst Mexico’s government and its most notorious drugs lords in a society that’s caught in the middle. Vanguard: Mexican Drug Wars, Vice 2009
In the last three months there have been more than five hundred drug-related murders. ibid.
In Mexico private citizens are largely barred from possessing guns. Yet just like illegal drugs in the US there are plenty of guns available to Mexico’s warring cartels. ibid.
Laura Ling: What do most of the people do for work here?
Man on street: They grow Marijuana. ibid.
Laura Ling: There have been more than a thousand murders this year ... How many of those murders have been solved?
Rozzer: Not one. ibid.
Mexico is at war. A war for control of its own country. Against a rich and powerful enemy – the Mexican drug cartels. Narco Bling, National Geographic 2013
These narco-traffickers live in a world of astonishing wealth and extravagance … The Mausoleums are air-conditioned. ibid.
The government had committed more than 40,000 troops to fight the war against the drug cartels. ibid.
Some cartels are as rich as nations. ibid.
Chapo Guzman ran his businesses from prison for eight years. ibid.
Methamphetamine: more than 80% of the Meth that is sold in the US comes from Mexico. ibid.
We shall Strike. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are sons of the Mexican Revolution, a revolution of the poor seeking, bread and justice. Our revolution will not be armed, but we want the existing social order to dissolve, we want a new social order. We are poor, we are humble, and our only choices is to Strike in those ranchers where we are not treated with the respect we deserve as working men, where our rights as free and sovereign men are not recognized. We do not want the paternalism of the rancher; we do not want the contractor; we do not want charity at the price of our dignity. We want to be equal with all the working men in the nation; we want just wage, better working conditions, a decent future for our children. To those who oppose us, be they ranchers, police, politicians, or speculators, we say that we are going to continue fighting until we die, or we win. We shall overcome. Cesar Chavez, The Plan of Delano 1965
A sophisticated and previously unknown civilisation right in the heart of the Mexican jungle. Dr Richard Miles, Archaeology: A Secret History II: In Search of Civilisation, BBC 2013
The Aztecs believe they owe a debt of blood to their gods. Mankind: The Story of All of Us VII: New World, History 2012
The Aztecs have created one of the most sophisticated civilisations on the planet. ibid.
Aztec priests sacrifice thousands of men, women and children a year. Up to 20,000 in one of their most important ceremonies. ibid.
The people of the Americas have no immunity to a deadly threat – disease. ibid.
Montezuma’s treasuries are filled with gold. ibid.
Six months later half the city is dead from Smallpox. ibid.