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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. 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.

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4. 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.

5. www.vice.com › en › articleMexican Drug Cartels Have Turned Once-Thriving Guadalajara ...

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   Mar 15, 2021 · By July 2020, authorities had unearthed 50 bodies at the first site and over 100 at the second.

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

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   In Brownsville, thousands of Texans, almost all of them Mexican American, cross the bridge into Matamoros every day. After more than a decade of narco turf wars across northern Mexico, these...

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7. www.dps.texas.gov › section › intelligenceMexican Cartel Related Activity | Department of Public Safety

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   Mexican Cartel Related Activity; Mexican Cartel Related Activity August 21, 2020. Crime Stat FAQs ... Keep Texas Safe Report Suspicious Activity.

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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.

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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 to drug cartels in Mexico?

   • Gone are the years of the all-powerful drug cartels, which divided up large territories like pieces of cake and agreed to truces when mounting death tolls started to hurt business. More people are being killed than ever. And in some states, neither the presence of the Mexican army nor local authorities have been able to stop it.

   Drug cartels in Mexico: How rampant violence is taking hold of the

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   Do drug cartels still exist?

   • The rising number of drug cartels has done little to diminish their power – they still kill, extort, kidnap and traffic drugs and people. Business is going strong and has diversified. But while some local gangs and mafias act on their own, others have become drug franchises.

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   How have Mexican administrations responded to cartels?

   • Recent Mexican administrations have responded to cartels primarily by deploying security forces, often spurring more violence: Felipe Calderón (2006–2012). President Calderón declared war on the cartels shortly after taking office.

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9. english.elpais.com › international › 2022/05/11Drug cartels in Mexico: How rampant violence is taking hold ...

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   May 11, 2022 · According to homicide figures from Mexico’s Interior Ministry, as of March 12, an average of 112 people have been killed every day. Last year, the daily figure was 120, while in 2020, in the...