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1. ourworldindata.org › data-insights › violenceViolence between Mexican drug cartels has surged in recent years

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   Jul 15, 2024 · In recent years, tens of thousands of people have died due to fighting between drug cartels in Mexico. The chart uses data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program to show the country's deaths from “non-state conflicts” over the last thirty years.

2. www.cfr.org › backgrounder › mexicos-long-war-drugsMexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

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   Aug 5, 2024 · The cartels and the drug trade fuel rampant corruption and violence in Mexico, contributing to tens of thousands of homicides in the country each year. Since Mexico launched a war on the...

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4. www.axios.com › 2021/06/24 › cartels-targetViolence at the border as talks continue on when bridges will ...

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   Jun 24, 2021 · The latest: Last Saturday 19 people were killed, four of them suspected cartel members, and two women kidnapped across the border from McAllen, Texas, in Reynosa, in a rare attack on civilians. Victims include a 19-year-old nursing student, shopkeepers and a bike mechanic.

5. www.businessinsider.com › fragmentation-in-mexicoMexico's war on cartels has created 400 new gangs that are ...

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   Oct 13, 2021 · Ciudad Juarez, MEXICO — Over the past 10 years, the makeup of Mexico's criminal landscape has shifted from a handful of big cartels and some splinter groups to more than 400 gangs operating...

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6. www.cfr.org › global-conflict-tracker › conflictCriminal Violence in Mexico | Global Conflict Tracker

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   Oct 9, 2024 · An increasingly high quantity of fentanyl, the leading driver of drug overdoses in the United States, is also smuggled across the southern border by the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels and their ...

7. www.courier-journal.com › story › newsMexican cartels fuel immigration crisis at US border

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   Jul 1, 2021 · Mexican drug cartels play an increasing role in the surge of migrants fueling the most recent immigration crisis at the U.S. border.

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   Who are the Mexican drug cartels?

   • Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images 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 and violence in Mexico, contributing to tens of thousands of homicides in the country each year.

   Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

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   Does the United States help Mexico fight drug cartels?

   • Since Mexico launched a war on the cartels in 2006, the United States has provided it with billions of dollars in security and counternarcotics assistance. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for nearly two decades, but with limited success.

   Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

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   Are Mexico's drug cartels a threat to the United States?

   • Mexico’s drug cartels are in a constant state of flux. Over the decades, they have grown, splintered, forged new alliances, and battled one another for territory. The two cartels that pose the most significant drug trafficking threats [PDF] to the United States, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), are:

   Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

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   What happened in Mexico after a war against drug cartels?

   • Violence continues to rage more than a decade after the Mexican government launched a war against drug cartels. A soldier stands guard as over 850 kilos of drugs are burned in Monterrey, Mexico. Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images

   Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

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   How many people died in Mexico armed conflict in 2021?

   • These conflicts involve fighting between non-state armed groups, which in Mexico are criminal organizations like the Jalisco, Juarez, Los Zetas, and Sinaloa drug cartels. Before the 2000s, there were relatively few deaths from these conflicts. The number of deaths then began to increase, reaching a peak of over 18,000 deaths in 2021.

   Violence between Mexican drug cartels has surged in recent years

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   What percentage of Mexico is controlled by cartels?

   • As of May 2024, cartels controlled about one third of Mexico’s territory, according to one estimate from the U.S. military.

   Criminal Violence in Mexico | Global Conflict Tracker

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9. gov.texas.gov › news › postOperation Lone Star Busts Mexican Drug Cartels’ Expanding ...

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   Feb 10, 2023 · Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 348,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 24,000 criminal arrests, with more than 22,000 felony charges reported. In the fight against fentanyl, DPS has seized over 361 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.