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Pages in category "Victims of the Mexican Drug War" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Count of murders in Mexico's drug conflicts (December 2006 to December 2010) The Mexican attorney general's office has claimed that 9 of 10 victims of the Mexican drug war are members of organized-crime groups, [312] although this figure has been questioned by other sources. [313]
Chapultepec, Mexico City: 50 50 surrendered Irish volunteers who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War, collectively known as Saint Patrick's battalion, were killed by the U.S. Army. Massacre at Janos: March 5, 1851 Janos, Chihuahua Unknown Crabb massacre: April 1–8, 1857 Caborca, Sonora: 84
Politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War (14 P) Pages in category "People murdered by Mexican drug cartels" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
March 23 - Mexican authorities publish a List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords; March 25 – A Mexican Special Forces Unit captures one of Mexico's most-wanted drug smugglers, Héctor Huerta Ríos. [81] March 26 – A US Marshal, Vincent Bustamante who was the subject of an arrest warrant, is found dead in Ciudad Juárez. [82]
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.
"The Mexican Mormon War" (documentary on the Mormon vigilante militia fighting a drug cartel in Chihuahua). Vice.com. 2012. Bennion, Janet (2012). "The Church of the Firstborn of the 'Fulness' of Times (The LeBarons)". Polygamy in Primetime: Media, Gender, and Politics in Mormon Fundamentalism. Brandeis University Press. pp. 43– 50.
The kidnapped victims were forced to fight to the death with other victims. [44] Men were given knives, hammers and machetes, and were ordered at gunpoint to fight for their lives like a "gladiator-style contest." The winners were ordered to go on suicide missions and shoot at rival drug cartel members elsewhere. [44]