The Intelligence: Drug gateway

Published: March 1, 2024, 10:51 a.m.

A visit to a port of entry at America\u2019s Mexican border reveals the difficulties in stopping the flood of fentanyl\u2014a cheap, potent and ever more deadly drug. Javier Milei, Argentina\u2019s president, is looking to blunt measures to escape an economic morass; our correspondent says he should instead look to Peru\u2019s past (10:43). And remembering Robert Badinter, who killed off France\u2019s guillotine (17:17).


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