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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.
This is a list of politicians murdered in the Mexican drug war. Since the start of the military-led offensive by the Mexican government in 2006, the drug trafficking organizations have slaughtered their rivals, killed policemen and now increasingly targeted politicians – especially local leaders. [ 1 ]
The Mexican armed forces and local authorities began a recapture operation against Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, after a previous failed operation on October 17, 2019.
Some 53 people have been killed and 51 others are missing in Mexico's western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on Sept 9, local authorities said on Friday ...
Tijuana has been at the top of the news in Mexico for cartel threats to not only public officials, but also musical artists such as Peso Pluma, a 24-year-old Mexican singer that has gained ...
The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against ...
Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and among the ones with the highest levels of unsolved crimes against the press. [1] Though the exact figures of those killed are often conflicting, [2] [3] press freedom organizations around the world agree through general consensus that Mexico is among the most dangerous countries on the planet to exercise journalism ...
In December 2018, incoming President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged to bring down gang-fueled violence and on January 30, 2019, he declared the end of the Mexican war on drugs. [4] but homicides hit a record level in 2019 with 34,600 murders and continued to climb even during the coronavirus lockdown. [3]