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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.

3. 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.

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

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   Mar 15, 2021 · In the first month of 2021, Jalisco ranked second in the country, with over 280 homicides in January, and on March 6 the federal government sent 600 troops to Guadalajara in an effort to quell...

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6. 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.

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

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   May 11, 2022 · The Mexican army has a fatality rate of three, meaning three deaths for every injured civilian. This is almost as high as in the Vietnam War, when four people were injured for every death....

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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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   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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9. www.nytimes.com › mexico-cartels-violence‘Absolute Warfare’: Cartels Terrorize Mexico as Security ...

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   Aug 31, 2022 · Homicides in the city were up 32 percent in the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2021. Community volunteers meet weekly to search for bodies.