The march was scheduled to coincide with the second anniversary since the start of the conflict – which broke out after the arrest of wanted drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada in the US. His followers, La Mayiza, allege he was betrayed by the son of the infamous founder of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín “El
There is also a belief that greater regulation alone will achieve little. Too much conservation work currently relies on philanthropists’ cash and devoted volunteers, those in the sector say, and much more languishes on the to-do list due to a lack of money. The federal government directly spends about A$700m on nature protection, a fraction