in Mexico City over the last decade and reflects on how they connect to changed living conditions and the politics of survival. Here, the black market is operated by Union de Tepito, a cartel that uses children as lookouts and is fortified enough that law enforcement agencies avoid the area altogether. The story centers on the untold history of the Baratillo, the cityâs infamous thievesâ market. Their stalls pack the streets, barely allowing space for ⦠I learned that at one time Tepito was less enforced by the law and security was scarce and any black market item you could dream of was available. In Mexico City, hundreds of supporters made offerings to the patron saint Santa Muerte on the occasion of the 'Día de los Muertos' ('Day of the Dead'). The bad state of Mexicoâs economy had driven down business. Compounding the problem further are black markets like Tepito where firearms are one of many items that can be purchased illegally in a tented shopping area. As a result, the black market for guns in Mexico is well stocked. Mexico Cityâs modern wholesale market, La Central de Abasto (6am-8pm daily; Metro Aculco then minibus signed âCentral de Abastoâ), is located in the eastern borough of Iztapalapa and is the largest wholesale market in the world.Extending over 328 hectares and home to more than two thousand businesses, this place handles over 30,000 tons of goods daily, all, amazingly, still paid for in cash. Despite the vast improvements in security and tourism in the rest of Mexico City, Tepito remains untouchable. ", Alfonso Hernandez is the unofficial historian of Tepito, which features acres of black markets and its own culture. It's ruled by the La Union gang. Naturally such a strong warning peaked my curiosity. It's home to Mexico's most notorious drug cartel and the Mexican mafia. Tepito in Mexico City - arguably the most dangerous black market in the world. At each location the audience will walk and talk with the people who are part of these places, to them the streets, corners, bars and prisons are at the same time both their homes and a way of life. Originating in the colonial-era Plaza Mayor, the Baratillo moved to the neighborhood of Tepito in the early twentieth century, where it grew into one of the worldâs largest emporiums for black-market goods. Tepito has a long and complex past, and Andrew Konove's Black Market Capital tells a complicated history of the street market that preceded Tepito in the plaza and surrounding areas until ⦠In the twentieth century, tepito became the most famous neighborhood in Mexico. Today Tepito with its roughly 10,000 stands is a wholesale production center and market of âpiratedâ media in Mexico. 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