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It’s known for members’ use of extreme violence, including homicides, forced disappearances and creating mass graves, as well as taking over a corner of the transnational drug trafficking trade.
Despite the new government's planned strategy changes, [86] during the first two months of the new presidency, the violence between drug trafficking organizations sustained the same levels as in previous years. [87] On July 15, 2022, authorities captured Rafael Caro-Quintero, a former leader of the Guadalajara cartel. However, they lost ...
The illegal drug trade, drug trafficking, or narcotrafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license , of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws .
NEW YORK — Following their surprise expulsions from Mexico, two of the U.S.’s most wanted drug lords on Friday appeared in federal court in Brooklyn, accused of leading murderous drug ...
In recent years, the nation has been plunged into violence by the rapid spread of transnational cartels that use its ports -- particularly in Guayaquil -- to ship drugs to the United States and ...
In 2005, the U.S. State Department defended efforts by the two countries to reduce violence and drug trafficking on the border following decisions by governors in the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico to declare an emergency in their border counties. The two governors stated, "the federal government's inability to control crime and violence ...
A study published in Science estimated that Mexican cartels recruit about 360 workers each week to replace those lost to violence or incarceration.
In the fiscal year of 2023, a total of 19,066 cases related to drugs were reported, with drug trafficking accounting for 18,939 of these cases. The majority of drug trafficking crimes, amounting to 98.1%, involved seven specific types of drugs.