I found the article! Special Report: Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s cell tower repairmen https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKC

I found the article! Special Report: Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s cell tower repairmen https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN24G1DM/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN24G1DM/ This was also discussed on HN at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23876847 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23876847 (July 2020)