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Women smugglers can drive up to a checkpoint with a car full of drugs, and more often than not, no one would suspect them of anything. Women may find allure in a criminal lifestyle for a sense of freedom. Mexico already has a male-dominated culture, but by working in the drug trade, they can be empowered and even liberated.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán arrives at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., after being ...
La Familia Michoacana was a major Mexican drug cartel based in Michoacán between at least 2006 and 2011. It was formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, but split off and became an independent organization. [201] Map of Mexican drug cartels presence in Mexico based on a May 2010 Stratfor report [202] [203]
For the better part of the last two decades, numerous Mexican directors have addressed the country's drug violence head-on through their films. From 'Tigers Are Not Afraid' to 'Sujo,' here are 11 ...
In 2011 and 2012, during the Mexican drug war, hundreds of people were killed in massacres by rival drug cartels who were fighting for power and territory. These organized-crime syndicates were grappling for control over the drug corridors to the United States, the drug markets in local cities, extortion rackets, and human smuggling.
Amid a fresh wave of violence, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent her security chief and thousands of troops to stem a bloody escalation of drug cartel crime in Sinaloa state, signaling ...
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 ...
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 ...