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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.
Count of murders in Mexico's drug conflicts (December 2006 to December 2010) 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]
Chapultepec, Mexico City: 50 50 surrendered Irish volunteers who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War, collectively known as Saint Patrick's battalion, were killed by the U.S. Army. Massacre at Janos: March 5, 1851 Janos, Chihuahua Unknown Crabb massacre: April 1–8, 1857 Caborca, Sonora: 84
March 23 - Mexican authorities publish a List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords; March 25 – A Mexican Special Forces Unit captures one of Mexico's most-wanted drug smugglers, Héctor Huerta Ríos. [81] March 26 – A US Marshal, Vincent Bustamante who was the subject of an arrest warrant, is found dead in Ciudad Juárez. [82]
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.
Mexican organized-crime groups often leave bodies in public places as a warning to rivals. [1] Most of the 2011–2012 massacres were committed by the rival Sinaloa and Los Zetas cartels throughout Mexico. [2] The killings were described as "the latest salvo in a gruesome game of tit-for-tat in fighting" by Mexican drug cartels. [3]
His death marked the highest-profile murder in the Mexican Drug War and the highest-profile assassination in Mexico since the death of Luis Donaldo Colosio, the PRI presidential candidate for the 1994 elections. [26] [27] By 2011 and into 2012, the Mexican authorities still did not have solid evidence to prosecute Torre Cantú's assassins. [24 ...
According to The Monitor, the municipality of San Fernando is a "virtual spiderweb" of dirt roads that connect with Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, and Matamoros—making it a prized territory for drug traffickers. [20] In August 2010, Mexican Naval Infantry found 72 dead immigrants—58 men and 14 women—in San Fernando, killed by Los Zetas ...