One Riot: Pirates, Booze and a Mexican Muse
Max's Team embeds in the Sonoran Republic and investigates an old Militech program
The assassination of Rafael Padilla, the Tijuana Cartel's top financial wizard, lit the fuse on a conflict that had been, for the most part, been below the surface. The autodefensas, chief among them were the "Baja Battalion," had spent over a decade organizing to secure the support of politicos within the municipalities of Baja California and Sonora. Bribes, offers of protection, electoral challenges and threats were lev...