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      • Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. These cartels control vast areas of the country and are also responsible for political corruption, assassinations and kidnappings.
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  2. Sep 19, 2024 · To understand why the Mexican cartels are so powerful, we must explore the historical roots of these organizations, the role of the Mexican government, the impact of the U.S. demand for drugs, and the socioeconomic conditions that allowed the cartels to thrive.

  3. Oct 24, 2019 · 24 October 2019. Getty Images. Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. These cartels control vast...

  4. May 21, 2024 · In a 2024 report, the US Drug Enforcement Administration called the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels “transnational criminal organisations” because they are “involved in arms trafficking, money...

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  5. Nov 6, 2019 · Mexico’s drug cartels have grown stronger in recent years, fuelled by demand for narcotics, corruption in Mexico and unchecked by a police force that is outgunned – often literally – by the ...

  6. May 15, 2014 · By Paul Wood. BBC News, Sinaloa, Mexico. Some of Mexico's leading drugs traffickers have been killed or captured in recent months, including the head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel. But inside...

  7. The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa, CDS, after the native Sinaloa region), also known as the Guzmán-Loera Organization, the Federation, the Blood Alliance, [4][5][6] or the Pacific Cartel, [7] is a large, transnational organized crime syndicate based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico [8] that specializes in illegal drug ...

  8. Aug 28, 2024 · Academic Oswaldo Zavala has pushed back at the notion that Mexico's drug cartels are all-powerful, arguing that they could not exist without state support.

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