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1. 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...

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.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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5. 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.

6. gov.texas.gov › news › postOperation Lone Star Combats Increased Cartel Activity Along ...

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   Aug 18, 2023 · Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 414,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 33,200 criminal arrests, with more than 30,100 felony charges reported. In the fight against fentanyl, Texas law enforcement has seized over 426 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.

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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   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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   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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   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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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9. www.texasstandard.org › stories › legally-purchasedHow legally purchased guns from Texas are fueling cartel ...

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   Aug 2, 2023 · Kevin Krause, criminal courts reporter for the Dallas Morning News, spoke with the Standard about how guns from Texas are ending up in Mexico, and how new measures hope to curb some of the weapons trafficking enabling cartel violence.