A hardened criminal from the streets of Memphis. One of the biggest drug cartels in Mexico. The corruption, cash, and demand for drugs that fuels an illegal, deadly trade -- and the consequences, for Mexicans and Americans alike.
Published July 15, 2011
Daniel Connolly has received an honorable mention in the Associated Press Managing Editor’s International Perspective contest. His Pulitzer Center-supported reporting package Blood Trade: Memphis and the Mexican Drug War, is a series of stories for The Commercial Appeal that show how the Mexican drug scourge has reached into Memphis.
Find out about the 2010 APME award winners.