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Dec 7, 2022 · When their criminal governance efforts have been threatened, the group has acted. The best-known case is the attempted assassination of Omar García Harfuch, Mexico City’s police chief, in 2020. Men armed with assault rifles, grenades, and a .50 caliber Barrett sniper rifle shot Harfuch three times. He survived.
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Oct 29, 2020 · Alma Gloria Dávila, a lawmaker in Zacatecas state, says criminal groups often “condition” local officials to cooperate with them, sometimes by kidnapping them or threatening their families.
Feb 5, 2022 · At least 948 people were killed by violence in Zacatecas in the first 10 months of 2021, according to official data, 342 more than in the same period a year earlier.
Mar 11, 2024 · The latest outbreak of prison violence in Zacatecas highlights the state’s emergence as a key epicenter of organized crime-related violence in Mexico.
Dec 13, 2023 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six people have been killed in a shootout between drug cartel gunmen in the northern Mexico state of Zacatecas, authorities said late Tuesday. The Zacatecas state security council said the bodies were found in a rural area known as Boquilla del Carmen.
Mar 25, 2022 · Violence in the Mexican state of Zacatecas is worsening as clashes between the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and Sinaloa cartels continue to dominate drugs routes to U.S. markets, as well as to the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
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Mar 31, 2021 · Afflicted by drug violence, this mining town in the central state of Zacatecas leads national polls for citizens’ lack of confidence in the safety of their surroundings
