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From The New York Times, I'm Natalie Kintroff.

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When the Mexican military captured and killed the country's top drug lord, it revealed how much President Trump's growing pressure is forcing the country to take on the cartels.

Today, my colleagues Maria Abihabib and Jack Nikas on the operation to take down that drug lord, El Mencho, and whether Mexico has what it takes to win a war on some of the most powerful criminals in the world.

It's Thursday, February 26th.

Maria, Jack, wonderful to have you both on the show.

Three Mexico City bureau chiefs.

Jack, current.

Maria, former.

Natalie, former.

We all were in Latin America as correspondents together.

Maria, you and I both covered the cartels at the same time and did some intense reporting on that.