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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.texastribune.org › 2022/09/21 › texas-fentanylTexas Gov. Greg Abbott tells DPS to focus on cartels after ...

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   Sep 21, 2022 · Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the Department of Public Safety to redouble its efforts combating Mexican drug cartels, which he blamed for transporting millions of doses of the opioid...

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4. www.texasmonthly.com › news-politics › cartelHow Cartel Violence Has Reshaped Tejano Identity in South Texas

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   The widespread violence had begun when the rising Sinaloa cartel challenged the Gulf cartel for control of Nuevo Laredo, a city prized for its access to Interstate 35, a vital commercial artery...

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5. 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.

6. www.reuters.com › world › americasInsight: Rise in Mexican cartel violence drives record ...

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   Dec 15, 2023 · Reuters obtained previously unreported survey data from the Kino Border Initiative, a large migrant shelter and resource center in Nogales, Sonora, and interviewed 21 migrant families along the...

7. www.vice.com › en › articleA Cartel Firefight Just Turned a US-Mexico Border Town ... - VICE

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   Mar 14, 2022 · CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — For at least three hours early Monday, the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, just across from Laredo, Texas, was paralyzed by a ferocious shootout between alleged...

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   Will Texas redouble its efforts against Mexican drug cartels?

   • Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the Department of Public Safety to redouble its efforts combating Mexican drug cartels, which he blamed for transporting millions of doses of the opioid fentanyl into Texas.

   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells DPS to focus on cartels after fentanyl

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   Are drug cartels threatening business leaders in Mexico?

   • CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Even Mexico’s largest corporations are now being hit by demands from drug cartels, and gangs are increasingly trying to control the sale, distribution and pricing of certain goods. Well-known, high-ranking business leaders aren’t even safe.

   Extortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations and

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   Are drug cartels distorting Mexico's economy?

   • That means drug cartels are distorting parts of Mexico’s economy, deciding who gets to sell a product and at what price — and in return they are apparently demanding sellers pass a percentage of sales revenue back to the cartel.

   Extortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations and

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   What happened to cartels in the past?

   • In the past, cartels have carried out violent attacks, arson and even killings of those found selling goods that had not been “authorized” by them or bought from distributors they control.

   Extortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations and

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   How did the Gulf Cartel fight back?

   • To fight back, the Gulf cartel enlisted Los Zetas, an elite squad of drug enforcers made up partly of former Mexican special-operations soldiers. The war turned into outright chaos by 2010, when the Zetas broke their pact with the Gulf cartel and began their own operation. Tamaulipas descended into a hellish quagmire.

   How Cartel Violence Has Reshaped Tejano Identity in South Texas

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   Are cartels driving people across the border?

   • That fear is driving people across the border, said Falko Ernst, senior analyst for the International Crisis Group, noting that as cartels expand, they sometimes tap into far-flung networks of associates to track people down using their names and photos, as if putting out a search warrant.

   Insight: Rise in Mexican cartel violence drives record migration to the US

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9. apnews.com › article › mexico-gang-cartels-extortionExtortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations ...

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   Jul 31, 2024 · CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Even Mexico’s largest corporations are now being hit by demands from drug cartels, and gangs are increasingly trying to control the sale, distribution and pricing of certain goods. Well-known, high-ranking business leaders aren’t even safe.