Mexican drug war - Wikipedia
By 2007, Mexican drug cartels controlled 90% of the cocaine entering the United States. [36][37] Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States. [38][39][40]
Mexico cartels: Which are the biggest and most powerful? - BBC
Oct 24, 2019 · Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. These cartels control vast areas of the country and are...
Mexican cartels: What are the Mexican cartels and how they have ...
2 days ago · Explaining the cartels' operation, the report stated: “One recent study of synthetic-drug trafficking in Latin America found that the CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel buy and move synthetic drugs in bulk, getting paid a premium for their services, but, once the drugs are sold wholesale, retail of the drugs falls largely to local criminal networks.” .” This strategy allows the …
Mexico defends sovereignty as US seeks to label cartels as terrorists
Jan 21, 2025 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s executive order moving toward designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations would only impact Mexico if there’s close coordination between the two governments. She said that Mexico would defend its sovereignty and independence while …
Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels
Aug 5, 2024 · Mexican drug cartels are leading suppliers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other illicit narcotics to the United States. The cartels and the drug trade fuel rampant corruption...
Leaders of Dangerous Mexican Drug Cartel Responsible for …
Oct 16, 2024 · Since becoming leaders of Los Zetas in 2012, which they later renamed the Cartel del Noreste, the defendants have allegedly continued its history and pattern of using extreme violence to control large swaths of Northern Mexico, including along the U.S. border.
Mexico’s drug cartels are thriving - Financial Times
May 21, 2024 · Today, the two largest and most powerful cartels, the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), are jostling with smaller rivals such as the Viagras, the Squirrels...
Mexico cartels: Which are the biggest and most powerful?
Oct 24, 2019 · Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. These cartels control vast areas of the country and are...
Civil war in the home of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: Fear grips …
Sep 27, 2024 · Recent abduction and arrest of a top drug lord has set off a vicious war inside Mexico’s most violent cartel. Culiacan, Mexico – The man is lying, top off, trousers pulled down, amid the...
How Labeling Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Hurt the U.S. Economy
Jan 22, 2025 · Offerings of flowers, candles, photos and dollar bills at a shrine to Jesús Malverde, a “narco-saint,” in Culiacán, Mexico, the stronghold of the Sinaloa cartel.