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Violence linked to drug cartels is blamed for thousands of murders in Mexico every year. As of September, 21,495 people had died from gang-related violence this year, an average of almost 2,400 ...
Prosecutors said Monday they have arrested six members of a drug gang in the Mexican resort of Cancun that allegedly killed and hacked up five people with a machete, and dumped three other victims ...
Notable criminally-active gangs in Mexico include: 14K Triad; 18th Street Gang, a.k.a. Mara 18; Barrio Azteca, a.k.a. Los Aztecas; Caborca Cartel; Cártel de Tláhuac Cártel del Noreste [1] Fuerza Anti-Unión Guerreros Unidos; Gulf Cartel [2] Grupo Delta [3] [4] Grupo Elite [5] Grupo Guerrero [6] Grupo X [7] Los Balcanes. Grupo Blanco; Los ...
Mexican officials said the recent spike in violence is a consequence of a "turf war" among local gangs looking to control street-level drug-dealing.
[17] 2017 was Mexico's deadliest year on record, with 31,174 murders recorded, leading to a murder rate of 25 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, compared with 19.4 in 2011. [18] In May 2018, Mexico broke the previous deadliest month on record set in October with 2,530 reported cases of intentional homicides during the month, or 93 per day. [19]
February 7 - Quintana Roo State Governor, Félix González Canto, announces that Army troops and Marines will be deployed into the state especially in the city of Cancun. Since the military was deployed, various raids were being operated inside the city with the help of the Police Special Forces Support (FEPA) an elite unit within the State ...
In the latest Mexican cartel violence, 19 bodies were found around a dump truck in Chiapas state, officials say, part of a gang war for drug and migrant trafficking routes.
Drug cartels in Mexico frequently make videos of dead or captured gang members to intimidate or threaten rivals. Authorities in Mexico said Wednesday they have largely confirmed the contents of a ...