Inside the Cartel

    Psychic advice

    Psych­ics are so much a part of Sin­aloa car­tel op­er­a­tions that judges fre­quently al­low au­thor­it­ies to wiretap their con­ver­sa­tions with sus­pects. In this sum­mary of a wiretap op­er­a­tion, Ra­fael Domin­guez, John Ward’s part­ner, asks his psych­ic (UF, for uniden­ti­fied fe­male) for help im­prov­ing his luck.

    — Richard Marosi
    Published: July 26, 2011
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