After the Mexican Cartel Comes, They Pick Up the Pieces NYT | Top Stories By: Paulina Villegas and Adriana Zehbrauskas 24 October 2025 at 17:01 They arrive where the killings end, retrieving bodies, comforting families and bearing the emotional toll of a deadly struggle that shows no sign of stopping. © Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York TimesA funeral worker, left, helping local authorities retrieve a body in a field in the outskirts of Culiacán.