Oswaldo Zavala discusses his book, Drug Cartels Do Not Exist. He argues that stories around narcotics trafficking are largely based on n the claims of the US and Mexican governments and various cultural depictions. Zavala sees little connection to the realities of the trade as it exists. Media, in both countries, uncritically report law enforcement narratives regarding the narcotics trade in service of a national security myth.

Oswaldo Zavala, a Mexican journalist and a professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at the City University of New York.