“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat  Less than 200 km west of Mexico City, the state of Michoacán is a war zone, a strategic territory for drug trafficking to the United States, contested by several criminal groups. We are traveling its roads because one of the world's most powerful cartels, usually silent, has exceptionally agreed to speak with us.  Several trips will be necessary to finally meet these men, members of the cartel's special forces, in the dead of night and on their terms.  "We are the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. We are at war.