In Rosario, Argentina's third most populated city, slums known a villas are beset with poverty and crime. As drug use has grown among the city's population, it's spawned a violent drug war that is little known outside of the country.
VICE News traveled to Rosario to investigate how the increase in violence has affected the city. We tagged along with Argentina's militarized police force, the gendarmerie, as they patrolled the streets of the villas, met with a local crime reporter, and interviewed a paid assassin to understand how this port town became Argentina's most violent city.
Part (II)
VICE News traveled to Rosario to meet with relatives of victims of recent narco-violence in Argentina, such as rapper Ariel Avila, who was gunned down in front of his house. We also joined the "barra brava" of the Newell's Old Boys soccer team for a game, to understand the ties between the Los Monos drug gang and the supporters' groups of the local clubs.
