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Cartel Land

The Aspen Ideas Festival is the nation's premier, public gathering place for leaders from around the globe and across many disciplines to engage in deep and inquisitive discussion of the ideas and issues that both shape our lives and challenge our times.

Cartel Land

Season 1 Episode 29 | 29m 31s

Cartel Land is a harrowing look at two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels. It includes the story of Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as “El Doctor,” who leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years.

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