There was an unspoken pact between narcos and civilians. Then El Chapo's son was captured.

CULIACAN, Mexico - Culiacan has long been a city of open secrets.

Elaborate shrines to fallen drug traffickers dot the streets, and bouncy ballads chronicling the lives of gangsters boom from restaurants, bars and luxury cars.

Behind City Hall, black-market money changers make a living turning dollars into pesos, while at a nearby cemetery, architects design two-story narco tombs - complete with air conditioning and flat-screen televisions.

For decades, drug trafficking has dominated the economy, culture and sometimes the politics of this city of nearly