Sam Quinones

Reporter for the LA Times

Sam Quinones appears in the following:

The Rise of Black Tar Heroin

Wednesday, July 01, 2015

For 15 years, Mexican sugar cane farmers created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin, the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, into the United States. 

Comments [6]

Mexico's drug war bleeds across the border

Monday, March 02, 2009

In recent weeks, much of northern Mexico has been gripped by anarchic violence as President Felipe Calderon takes on powerful drug cartels. The cartels' tactics are simple: use brute ...

Comment