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Oswaldo Zavala is a Mexican academic and writer whose provocatively titled 2022 book — "Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture" — argues for a bold reframing ...
Amid a fresh wave of violence, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent her security chief and thousands of troops to stem a bloody escalation of drug cartel crime in Sinaloa state, signaling ...
La Familia Michoacana was a major Mexican drug cartel based in Michoacán between at least 2006 and 2011. It was formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, but split off and became an independent organization. [203] Map of Mexican drug cartels presence in Mexico based on a May 2010 Stratfor report [204] [205]
Mexico had 26 homicides per 100,000 people in 2017, then the rate spiked to 29 between 2018 and 2020, according to government statistics. Last year, the government reported, the rate was 24 ...
The Mexican drug war is an asymmetric low-intensity conflict between drug cartels and the government, and between rival cartels. [1] It began in 2006, is part of the global war on drugs and is concentrated in the country's northern states. In Tamaulipas, this includes massacres in San Fernando in 2010 and 2011 and in Miguel Alemán Municipality ...
The Mexican drug war began in 2006. Ciudad Juárez is a large city in Chihuahua which is next to the United States border, opposite El Paso in Texas. [1] Mexican drug cartels have carried out many attacks in Juárez, including a prison riot in March 2009, an attack on a rehab center in September 2009 and a massacre in January 2010.
Tijuana has been at the top of the news in Mexico for cartel threats to not only public officials, but also musical artists such as Peso Pluma, a 24-year-old Mexican singer that has gained ...
The Battle of Doctor Coss was an armed conflict in Mexico between the Gulf Cartel and the Los Zetas-Northeast Cartel in the municipality of Doctor Coss, Nuevo León.The confrontation was one of the most serious in the region, disputed by both cartels due to their proximity to border municipalities of the neighboring state of Tamaulipas.