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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] Deaths among military and police personnel are an estimated 7% of the total. [314]
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.
Gunmen suspected of being drug cartel members ambushed three vehicles occupied by Mormon U.S.-Mexican dual citizens on a highway in Sonora, killing nine, including six children. The cars and the burned bodies of the victims were found by the police. [139] 2019 Villa Unión shootout: November 30, 2019 Villa Unión, Coahuila: 28 8 wounded
The timeline of some of the most relevant events in the Mexican drug war is set out below. Although violence between drug cartels had been occurring for three decades, the Mexican government held a generally passive stance regarding cartel violence through the 1980s and early 2000s. [1]
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.
"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.
This is a list of politicians murdered in the Mexican drug war. Since the start of the military-led offensive by the Mexican government in 2006, the drug trafficking organizations have slaughtered their rivals, killed policemen and now increasingly targeted politicians – especially local leaders. [1]
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.