{"podcast":{"title":"Borderland: Dispatches with Katarina Szulc","slug":"borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689","podcast_index_feed_id":7338689,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/IRD1459061282","website_url":"https://thisisironclad.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/dfd338de-31c1-11f0-a1c3-23ba1990f8e7/image/9bfd60ae3eee758123e41304ab51cbb3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"IRONCLAD","episode_count":74,"summary":"Cartel violence. Kidnappings. Disappearances. The headlines don’t tell the full story. Borderland: Dispatches, an IRONCLAD Original, delivers raw, on-the-ground updates from Mexico’s cartel war. Hosted by investigative journalist Katarina Szulc, the series offers real-time snapshots of a conflict reshaping the future of both Mexico and the U.S. With rare access to traffickers, law enforcement, and civilians caught in the crossfire, these fast-moving episodes expose the brutal truth behind the drug war. New dispatches drop every Thursday.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T08:19:39.439662+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689"},"episode":{"title":"The Underground Ring That Traffics Women Around Mexico & the U.S. Originates From THIS Town","slug":"the-underground-ring-that-traffics-women-around-mexico-the-u-s-originates-from-this-town","published_at":"2026-08-21T21:38:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689/the-underground-ring-that-traffics-women-around-mexico-the-u-s-originates-from-this-town","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IRD9005440815.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IRD9005440815.mp3","summary":"Recently, Katarina Szulc investigated reports that women from Tlaxcala, Mexico were being trafficked to Tijuana, where they were enslaved by “managers” and forced into the city’s underground. On the latest episode of Borderland: Dispatches, she reveals her shocking findings. Borderland: Dispatches is an IRONCLAD Original SYNC ID: MB019Y7ZR0FMCD0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Recently, Katarina Szulc investigated reports that women from Tlaxcala, Mexico were being trafficked to Tijuana, where they were enslaved by “managers” an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1409,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689/episodes/the-underground-ring-that-traffics-women-around-mexico-the-u-s-originates-from-this-town/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689/the-underground-ring-that-traffics-women-around-mexico-the-u-s-originates-from-this-town.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}