After cartels seized a gold mine in Mexico, the fight to recover it began.

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Nov. 6, 2025 3 AM PT

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In Mexico’s Sonora state, a gold mine said to be worth billions slipped from its American owner’s hands and into cartel control. Desperate to reclaim it, he turned to a man with deep local ties. Confronting some of Mexico’s most violent crime syndicates would become the greatest risk — and test — of his life.