Right down there, cuddled up beneath us, our brother from another mother. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony holy mother of santa muerte, please protect my stash of cocaine. Let it not be interfered with by the cops. Or the competition. Let any who would mess with me be killed. My enemies destroyed. Please forgive us our sins, for they are many. So, is business good . I mean, is there more murders . Particularly narco murders. Anthony every day, mexico wakes up to count the dead. They are, after all, left out to be seen. Often with a helpful note, identifying who done what and, generally speaking, why. There is a language to the neverending violence. A coded message in the twists and marks of the bodies. And Valente Rosas is one of the many documenting them for the press. This is what he does every night. Rides around, waiting for a phone call, or a radio message, telling him that theres another one. So, whos buying drugs . Whos selling drugs to who . Anthony here you kill each other for a reason. Its business . Valente si. Anthony more mexican civilians have been killed since 2006 than all the American Military lost in ten years of the vietnam war and eight years of wars in iraq. So what do you do if youre one of these cops . Youre driving around one night, you see some guy outside of a bar beating somebody or disturbing the peace. You start to arrest him, and hes got a diamondstudded pistol, its got his name on it. Now you realize, youve just arrested somebody with serious powerful connections. What do you do . [ valente speaking in spanish ] anthony youll let him go . Valente si. Anthony why do they always pull their pants down . [ valente speaking in spanish ] anthony our local fixer, alex, is here to translate. Alex in this case, he thinks that they pull the pants down so check him for weapons. Anthony theyre loading him into the sheet. Alex this is the csi team. So when they were pulling his pants off, money and jewelry started falling from the pockets. Basically, they took the money out of his pockets and that was the only available spot. Anthony to show that they didnt take anything. Alex yeah, exactly. So this is also a drug dealer. The thing here in mexico is as soon as someone is killed, normally they get candles just right next to it, sometimes santa muerte is related to drug dealings and criminals. Anthony how long have you been doing this . [ valente speaking in spanish ] alex about 9 years. Anthony how many bodies, do you think . Valente no lo se. Anthony hundreds . Valente si, quiza. Anthony how do you push them out of your mind when youre not working . [ valente speaking in spanish ] alex a lot of people ask him about this, but he said, like, its a job. Not like any other kind of job, but as soon as he gets home, he just takes this cover off and just keep living. Anthony thats a terrible picture. Its just thats sad. What happened here . [ valente speaking in spanish ] alex there was an elephant called ilda. She ran away from a circus. So, she basically was crossing the highway, and a big bus just ran over it. Anthony the world we live in now, of all of these pictures, this is the one that would get people most upset, youd get the most mail, the most, oh, my god, you know, what a what kind of a world do we live in . Alex this was probably the most viewed picture from different media around the world. Anthony 80,000 mexicans have died in the last seven, what, seven years . In narco violence . Alex and this is the most important picture. Anthony as our crew gets ready to crawl back to our hotel, valente gets the call we thought wed been waiting for one dead male shot in head, a note pinned to his chest. [ valente speaking in spanish ] anthony in mexico, people fight to live, everyday. One man stands alone, facing another man. His intent . To beat his opponent with his fists until he can resist no more. A match, yes. But more accurately, a fight. Jorge lacierva is a former bantamweight titleholder. With his father, jorge sr. , and his son, alexis, he trains aspiring fighters in this gym in the santa anita neighborhood of mexico city. He knows that these young men, like generations of boxers everywhere, from other neighborhoods like this, are looking for a way out. Jorge in mexico city, boxing is kind of like saving lives. You know what i mean . In boxing, they give you, like, a little discipline. Anthony lets say youre good, but youre not that good. Can you make a living just being a contender . Jorge no, but a lot of fighters, they try to make it. Tons of boxers. They want to be a champion. Anthony so, everybody wants to be a champion. Jorge everybody. Everybody wants to get for the big shot, but you know, you just want. Anthony those are bad odds. The history of boxing is not kind. I mean, most managers and promoters, they dont really give a shit about the fighters. Jorge they dont. Anthony they use them up, but at the end, they leave a guy all broken down, no money and scrambled brain. Jorge were just like a like prostitutes. You know what i mean . Anthony in this area, what are your options . If you drop out of high school . Jorge nothing, its just like being on the street, snatching, you know, robbing, and a lot of kids in the hood, theyre going to say, hey, lets go kidnap that guy. Anthony big industry. Jorge everybody here now wants to be a Soccer Player or a boxer, because they make money here. Anthony whos got a longer career . A narco or a boxer . Jorge i dont know. Might be 50 50. I mean, narco, you can last longer. Anthony you can. Jorge you know, youre protected by the police, you just pay it off. Nobodys going to touch you. Anthony expensive protein shakes and Dietary Supplements . Not so much. Boxers here eat what they can afford. Jorge the food in here is good and its cheap. You know, in mexico, theres no middle class here. Anthony youre either poor or youre really, really rich. Jorge i mean, its a crazy thing. The minimum wage here is like 50, 60 pesos, which is like five bucks. Not an hour. A day. Anthony but, on the other hand, thats why mexican fighters are so exciting. Theyre hungry. Jorge exactly. Were hungry. I had a heart problem. I was told to begin my aspirin regimen, and i just didnt listen. Until i almost lost my life. My doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. Be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Listen to the doctor. Take it seriously. Oh, sir. That was my grandmas. Dont worry, maam. All of your stuff is in ok hands. Just ok . They dont give two and a half stars to just anybody. Here you go. Whats this . 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Anthony tepito is a city within a city, its own thing. Either the dark center, or the beating heart of mexico city, depending on your point of view. Its the home of santa muerte, the skeletal saint death. This is where they come the impoverished, the oppressed, the marginalized, the criminal. People for whom the Traditional Church has less relevancy. For the unforgiven, and the unforgiveable, for those on whom the catholic saints have turned their backs, there is santa muerte. This is a place and santa muerte is a saint that accepts everybody. Death to my enemies, written on a votive candle. Lets face it. Weve all prayed for that at one point or another. Tepito is a poor neighborhood for sure, and a tough one. A center of commerce, both above board and not. [ yelling in spanish ] [ honking air horn ] [ crowd cheering ] anthony but perhaps a breakfast beverage first. A michelada one giant beer with lemon, chili powder, salt, and maggi sauce. Thats a sizeable morning beverage. My companion, blogger and chronicler of the city, jorge pedro. Wow, the whole season of the walking dead for 25 cents. You want to buy something . Tepitos got it. Looking for some cheap underwear, pirated copies of man versus food seasons one through five . This is where you find them. So, this all seems very wholesome. I mean, you know, where can i buy a gun, some heroin, and a prostitute . I was looking forward to that. Jorge lets say that tepito has many layers, right . And we are on the surface. We are among movies, clothing, families, but i dont think its as easy as to be candid to ask, where can i get a gun . Probably, they will kill you if you ask that. You know san juditas . San juditas. Anthony patron saint of jorge hopeless cases. Anthony ah, lost causes. Jorge its become very popular in the last years. Anthony a lot of good smells here, man. And a lot of goodlooking food. My happy place is somewhere in here. Oh, there it is. Jorge yeah, were already here, migas. Anthony beautiful. Jorge la guera. Anthony wherever theres bones and guts simmering in broth, chances are ill be happy. Writer, sociologist, and lifelong resident of tepito Alfonso Hernandez apparently feels the same way. So, this is supposed to be a bad neighborhood, and this is the best. I love this neighborhood. [ alfonso speaking in spanish ] jorge it is known for being the lost souls neighborhood. It is called angeles neighborhood, like angels anthony right. Jorge being there, but in tepito, there are no angels, but lost souls. Anthony whats the saying . Alfonso comer bien. Anthony eat well. Alfonso coger fuerte. Jorge hard. Alfonso ensenar los huevos a la muerte. Jorge and showing los huevos to the death. Anthony show your balls to the devil . Or to jorge to death. Anthony on the menu, migas. The base comes from boiling cracked ham bones to release the marrow, to which garlic, onion, cascabel peppers and epazote is added. Thickened with stale bread and leftover tortillas. When you got nothing, you make something really awesome out of nothing. Jorge the grandmothers have the creativity to taking advantage of the bones of pigs. And now its a gourmet dish. Anthony any great, old culture where theres poverty, theres Something Like this. Yeah, by the way, if youre watching this, after you do this, you really gotta wash your hands before you touch your. Okay . Thats a rookie mistake, going to take a piss right after. [ woman speaking in spanish ] jorge shes asking you if you like the migas. If you enjoy it. Anthony yeah, its good. Delicious. So these guys have been open, what 65 years . Jorge all the members of the crew are relatives. Anthony is there hope for social change in this country . Alfonso lamentablemente. Jorge unfortunately, mexico has become the tepito of the world. Tepito is still the synthesis of the mexican. Anthony not a lot of upward mobility here. The rich get richer, the poor get ground slowly under the wheel. Eduardo garcia has hacked his way up the ladder to become chef, owner of the citys hottest restaurant. Eduardo i grew up in the states. I was a Migrant Worker picking fruits and vegetables as a kid. My parents didnt earn a lot of money, so i decided to work, rather than go to school. Anthony the restaurant business, as i well know, aint no picnic. And in mexico city, its particularly rough. Eduardo mexico has a reputation where we all know that the country is run by corrupt politics. You have to stand up for what you believe. If you dont, people will run you over. You wont last a minute. I dont let people bully me around. Anthony garcia runs Maximo Bistrot with his wife, gabriella. Heres the kind of extra helping of crap you got to deal with if you run the hottest restaurant in mexico city. In 2013, the spoiled daughter of the head of mexicos Consumer Protection agency walks in and demands a table when theres, unsurprisingly, no table available. When garcia says, sorry, no can do, she pulls a, you know who i am . And then calls daddy and gets the Health Inspectors in to shut the place down. So, your other customers basically started taking pictures of them with their cell phones. Eduardo next thing you know, we have the media outside, and this is friday. Anthony right. Eduardo sunday morning, were front page of one of the most important newspapers in mexico. Anthony well, it was very embarrassing to the government. Eduardo and they should be. Anthony because they got caught doing what they do all the time. But if you were not the hottest restaurant in town, if you were just running a cantina, you know, a few blocks away. Eduardo i wouldve been anthony they wouldve closed you down and thats that. Right now, a defiant, young, creative generation of mexican chefs like eduardo are performing some of the most exciting new cooking anywhere on earth. A mixing of the very old and traditional, with the very new. So, you worked at le bernardin. Eduardo ah, as a kid, yes. One of the jokes throughout the whole time that i worked is, how old are you . Im 18. Youve been 18 for 3 years. [ anthony laughs ] eduardo those are abalone from baja. I told you i love butter. I use it even for some mexican dishes, and then just some roasted chile serrano, just to give it a nice little kick for me. Anthony theyre finished with lemon, and of course, brown butter. Beautiful. Mm, very delicious. Very mexican, very french. Brown butter, its awesome. Makes everything better. Eduardo of course. I think the most important thing about mexican cuisine in general, if its traditional, its the ingredients. Anthony confit of suckling pig, topped with grandmas salsa. An instant classic. Eduardo have at it. Now, you do it like the mexican way. Pick it up and go. Anthony wow. Pretty hard to imagine anything better than that. Yeah, youre stuck with this dish forever, man. Eduardo forever. Anthony youre going to be like mick jagger, you know, 50 years from now, singing satisfaction. Theres no getting away from it, man, this is so good. This is a classic. But even now, with all his success, garcia is still fighting a struggle most mexicans are all too familiar with. Eduardo what happened that day, happens every day. And the promise always is, were going to shut you down. You dont know who i am, and for me, id rather close my restaurant than live like that. If you close my restaurant, i will go across the street. I will go to another state, or i will go to another country. And i still will make a good restaurant. Helps keep me feeling dry, how will they know i worked hard . Ive gotta make stuff harder. There, thats hard. Welcome to our lounge. Enjoy your stay. Thanks very much. Find calm in over 1,000 airport lounges worldwide. Its another way weve got your back. The business Platinum Card from american express. Dont do business without it. Yesss, im doing it all. 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And i said yesss to linzess for help with belly pain and recurring constipation. Ask your doctor. Anthony under former president felipe calderon, mexico launched a concerted war on drugs, ostensibly against the notorious and seemingly untouchable cartels. Absolutely no one can say, with any credibility by the way, that mexicos war or our trilliondollar war president reagan just say no. Anthony has had any effect in diminishing the flow of drugs into our country. One very brave journalist has uncovered exactly how deep the rot of corruption and dirty money has penetrated into every level of mexican institutions. Anabel my grandmother is from oaxaca, so how we used to drink the mescal is never with lemon. Its with orange. Anthony it was not what a lot of people wanted to hear, much less see published. Today, anabel hernandez, author of the groundbreaking expose los senores del narco, lives under guard in a secret location. The threat very, very real, and very explicit. Do you think there ever was a minute when the calderon war on drugs anabel yeah. Anthony was it ever genuine . Anabel no, who really start the war against the drug cartels was vicente fox. Felipe calderon just followed that instruction, but he didnt really do anything new. He just did it worse. Since the beginning, the plan of the government was to protect Sinaloa Cartel and fight against the enemies of Sinaloa Cartel. Anthony of the seven major mexican cartels, the Sinaloa Cartel is considered the most powerful, with the farthest reaching and most pervasive tentacles extending deep into every corner of government, banking and private industry. Its rivals . The tijuana cartel, the gulf cartel, the juarez cartel, the beltranlevya, la familia michoacana, and the particularly murderous los zetas. The cartels are responsible for importing roughly threequarters of all illegal narcotics to america. In your work, youve uncovered what had to be some very embarrassing and incriminating associations and connections between very high elected offic the president s, uh, and entire administrations and acts of incredible criminality. How did that change your life . Anabel well, when i start to make this investigation on 2005, and i really understand that it would be very dangerous, i have to say t