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The Mexican drug war (also known as the Mexican war on drugs; Spanish: Guerra contra el narcotráfico en México, shortened to and commonly known inside Mexico as the war against the narco; Spanish: Guerra contra el narco) [30] is an ongoing asymmetric [31] [32] armed conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking syndicates.
Cartel Land is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Matthew Heineman about the Mexican Drug War, especially vigilante groups fighting Mexican drug cartels.The film focuses on Tim "Nailer" Foley, the leader of Arizona Border Recon, and Dr. José Mireles, a Michoacán-based physician who leads the Autodefensas.
Mexican officials stated that 49 people were decapitated and mutilated by members of Los Zetas drug cartel and dumped by a roadside near the city of Cadereyta Jiménez in northern Mexico. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Blog del Narco , a blog that documents events and people of the Mexican Drug War anonymously, reported that the actual (unofficial) death toll ...
In a video leaked on social media in August, a young man is seen being forced to kill his four friends after they were kidnapped by a drug cartel in the western state of Jalisco. The men were ...
Oswaldo Zavala is a Mexican academic and writer whose provocatively titled 2022 book — "Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture" — argues for a bold reframing ...
They claim in the video that they respect the Mexican Armed Forces and understand the government's stance against the drug cartels. [87] The men in the video state that they understand and respect the government's decision of refusing to negotiate with the cartels. [89] They also criticize the politicians who have protected Los Zetas. [89]
Authorities in Mexico said Wednesday they have largely confirmed the contents of a grisly drug cartel video showing gunmen shooting, kicking and burning the corpses of their enemies. In a country ...
For the first time in many years, the Mexican State was limited in its actions—and even surpassed—by the criminal organizations. [11] The Sinaloa Cartel stood to its firm intention to become the "hegemonic drug trafficking organization in Mexico." [12] And to do so, it had to control the cities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Back in the ...