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Gold, guns and cartels: The battle for a billion-dollar mine

By Steve Fisher · Los Angeles Times · November 2025
Gold, guns and cartels: The battle for a billion-dollar mine
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"All that stood between this Newport Beach business man and his billion-dollar gold mine in the Mexico’s Sonoran desert was El Chapo’s sons and a drug cartel. His mission: take back the mine and repay the Mexican orphanage that once saved him. His story is one of grit, danger and redemption."

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