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WHAT'S NEW ... This site, for one, recently redesigned. Also ...
• The Heroin Road: A three-day LA Times series about the small Mexican town of Xalisco, where men emigrate to sell heroin and have pushed the drug across the US.
• All Things Considered ran this interview about The Heroin Road. Listen. NPR's On Point did an hour on the series. Listen.
• LA Times story about the divided life of a street-gang shotcaller testifying against his gang. Read.
• Tell Your True Tale is an experiment in storytelling. Everyone has a story to tell. Write yours. Send it in.
• The Photos page now has photo essays. Up now: the Alameda park break-dance scene in Mexico City, and velvet painters from Juarez and Tijuana. Also new photos of Antonio Carrillo, from Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream.
• PBS' Maria Hinojosa's One on One interview. Watch.
• Foreign Policy magazine story on Mexico's drug war. Read.
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