How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria

The mexican story

West Africa is becoming increasingly attractive to those who want to make and export illicit drugs

Why mexican matters

This development in mexican, drug, cartels, outsourced, meth matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that BBC and others have been working from.

What led here

Looking back, BBC and others have reported on the conditions that made how mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to nigeria possible.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial angle

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of mexican, drug, cartels, outsourced, meth: West Africa is becoming increasingly attractive to those who want to make and export illicit drugs.