Crystal Meth and Cartels in the Philippines: The Shabu Trap

At the start of 2015, Mexican national Horacio Hernandez Herrera, allegedly third in command of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, was arrested in the Philippines capital, Manila, at the center of a 12 million peso (255, 000) drug bust. Herreras arrest came as Philippine authorities confirmed that not only were Mexicos cartels vying for a piece of the countrys rapidly growing drugs trade, but forming an alliance with Chinese syndicates to do so. The Philippines drug of choice Shabu: A local name for crysta