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Salvatierra massacre. The 2023 Salvatierra massacre was a mass shooting at a Christmas Party on December 17, 2023, [1] that left approximately 11 people dead and 24 people injured in the outskirts of the city of Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Shooting. According to Mexican Deputy Security Minister Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, the attack began around 2:00pm local time in the town of Yerbabuena, before spreading to the town square of Tuzantla. [3] [4] [5] The fighting began after a rival faction of La Familia entered the town, shooting at the Tuzantla-based faction. [3]
December 1967. Cosalá, Sinaloa. 7. A drunken Mexican soldier killed six people in Cosalá, Mexico. The soldier shot dead three other soldiers, the wife of a soldier, and two other people, before being killed himself. [21] San Miguel Canoa Massacre. September 14, 1968. village of San Miguel Canoa, Puebla.
La Familia Michoacana. La Familia Michoacana (LFM; [3][4] English: The Michoacán Family), La Familia (English: The Family), is a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Michoacán. They are known to produce large amounts of methamphetamine in clandestine laboratories in Michoacan. [5]
Fuel theft, known as huachicoleo in Mexico, is a highly profitable activity for organized crime groups. In the first nine months of 2022, Mexico's state-owned oil company, Pemex, lost $730 million ...
Crime is one of the most urgent concerns facing Mexico, as Mexican drug trafficking rings play a major role in the flow of cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and marijuana transiting between Latin America and the United States. Drug trafficking has led to corruption, which has had a deleterious effect on Mexico's Federal Representative ...
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City.
The 2023 Sinaloa unrest began on January 5, 2023, following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, son of jailed drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, sparking a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa. [2] In retaliation for the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán , cartel members blocked highways with burning vehicles and began attacks against the armed forces ...