The Insider

Reggie Yates in the Mexican Drug War

Reggie is joining up with Unit 27 of the 56th Infantry Battalion in Acapulco to live the life of an ordinary soldier fighting on the front line of the brutal war against the country’s powerful and violent drug cartels. Acapulco was once a tourist paradise, now it’s the fourth most dangerous city in the world. As the situation spirals further and further out of control, the army have been called in. But what’s it like for the young soldiers putting their lives on the line? How does it feel to be fighting a war against your own countrymen in a place where you don’t know who the enemy is… and you don’t know who to trust?