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On April 7, 1985, Fonseca was located in Puerto Vallarta by the Mexican Army, his villa was surrounded, and he surrendered. [1] Fonseca was later linked to, and admitted taking part in, events surrounding the 1985 murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena, who was kidnapped and tortured by the Guadalajara cartel. Fonseca did not admit to killing ...
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 Blood Alliance, [4] [5] [6] or the Pacific Cartel, [7] is a large, transnational organized crime syndicate based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico [8] that specializes in illegal drug trafficking ...
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 ]
Amid eroding trust between the U.S. and Mexico on security issues, Mexican officials were caught off guard by the arrest of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada García and Joaquín ...
State Department officials are advising U.S. citizens to reconsider traveling to several Mexican states, including Jalisco, where Puerto Vallarta is located. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters walk under a giant net and with their hands painted red during a massive march in Mexico City, on Nov. 20, 2014. Protesters marched in the capital city to demand authorities find 43 ...
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]
In 2021, the paper said, Mexico recorded 34,000 intentional homicides, more than quadruple the total in 2007, when the government launched a futile crackdown on cartels.