Mexico's Secret Narco Museum Inside Defense Ministry

Hidden within Mexico's Ministry of National Defense complex in Mexico City, a museum dedicated to drug trafficking remains closed to the public due to ongoing violence from the drug trade, which has caused 300,000 deaths since 2006. Accessible only to journalists, the museum displays confiscated items including methamphetamine vials, heroin, cocaine, trap cars with secret compartments for smuggling to the US, and Kalashnikov rifles nicknamed "cuernos de chivo" (goat horns) by cartels. A section called "Narco Culture" features gold-plated phones and weapons, furniture carved with Santa Muerte symbols, and stuffed tigers and lions. The collection results from military seizures since 2006. The article also mentions former Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna, currently imprisoned in the US on drug trafficking charges, as an example of government complicity.