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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 ...
He was the leader and the co-founder of the first major Mexican drug cartel; the Guadalajara Cartel, an alliance of the current existing cartels (which included the Sinaloa Cartel, the Juarez Cartel, the Tijuana Cartel, and the Sonora Cartel with Aldair Mariano as the leader). After his arrest, the alliance broke and high-ranking members formed ...
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 members and leaders of the organization are in Mexico, not in the US," a Sinaloa cartel operative told Insider. A new DEA map shows where cartels have influence in the US. Cartel operatives ...
Mexico's cartel-related violence is concentrated in or along drug trafficking routes, borders and ports of entry. Chiapas state has been described by the InSight Crime think tank as "a major ...
Mexican authorities said they recovered a total of 31 bodies from pits in a southeastern state plagued by cartel violence since they began excavating the improvised graves at the weekend.
Currently, the majority of Mexico's smuggling routes are controlled by three key cartels: Gulf, Sinaloa and Tijuana—though Tijuana is the least powerful. The Tijuana cartel was further weakened in August 2006 when its chief, Javier Arellano Félix, was arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard on a boat off the coast of Baja California. [11]
But the partnership has a cartel cloud lingering over it, as Mexico’s cartel activity has been on the rise since the 2000s, but only recently have U.S. lawmakers had the groups in their crosshairs.