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Oct 17, 2022 · Rival drug cartels recently engaged in a firefight just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, using truck-mounted .50-caliber machine guns in a battle over smuggling routes. Lt. Christopher Olivarez...
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Jan 19, 2023 · Mexican cartels continue to traffic drugs across the southern border and are now using drones to monitor Border Patrol agents. Police believe cartels may be behind the shooting deaths of six ...
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We go inside the most powerful cartel to... Tens of thousands are missing, many more murdered. So why are Mexico’s violent drug cartels operating with impunity?
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Oct 25, 2024 · Rare footage of an intense cartel gun battle was captured by a Texas Department of Public Safety aircraft (DPS) on Wednesday. The shootout was between fighting factions of the Gulf Cartel,...
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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 members...
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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Financial losses from fuel theft amount to around $1.1 billion annually. START is publishing an infographic series exploring findings from its Tracking Cartels project. Each week, for four weeks in June 2020, START will release a new infographic that depicts cartel operations in Mexico.