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On 9 September 2024, a conflict erupted between the primary factions of the Sinaloa Cartel—Los Chapitos and La Mayiza—and their respective armed groups in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and later spread to other municipalities in the state. The conflict stemmed from the capture of two key cartel leaders, Joaquín Guzmán López and Ismael "El Mayo ...
In 2009, the Justice Department reported that Mexican drug cartels distribute drugs in nearly 200 cities across the United States, [413] including Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta. [414] Gang-related activity and violence has increased along the U.S. Southwest border region, as U.S.-based gangs act as enforcers for Mexican drug cartels. [415]
The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa, pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe sinaˈloa], CDS, after the native Sinaloa region), also known as the Guzmán-Loera Organization, the Federation, the Sinaloa Cartel, [4] [5] [6] or the Pacific Cartel, [7] is a large, transnational organized crime syndicate based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, [8] that specializes in illegal drug trafficking and money ...
The estimate of 175,000 “active cartel members" in Mexico at the end of 2022 captures both full-time and occasional employees, Prieto-Curiel said. ... China's economy expands 5% in 2024, hitting ...
Chiapas is Mexico's poorest state. Nearly 70% of its 5.7 million residents — almost a third of them Indigenous — live in poverty. Inequality has long fed discontent, and in 1994 tensions ...
Twenty-four surveillance cameras used by drug cartels are discovered attached to public installations in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. [64] 28 September – Mexico wins the 2024 Homeless World Cup competition in Seoul, South Korea, after defeating Romania 5-2 in the women's final and England 6-5 in the men's final. [65]
The U.S. and Mexican governments both face challenges: increased demand for narcotics in the U.S., increased supply of fentanyl in Mexico, and well-armed cartels so embedded in communities that ...
CJNG is considered by the Mexican government to be one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico [28] and the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico. [58] CJNG is heavily militarized and more violent than other criminal organizations. It has a special operations group for specific types of warfare. [59]