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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.
Nov 6, 2019 · While not all murders are drug-gang related, Mexico’s soaring homicide figures reflect the crisis. Some 230,000 people were murdered in the country between 2008 and 2017, according to the US ...
Oct 24, 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 areas of the...
Apr 8, 2016 · From Zeta-brand whiskey in Northern Mexico to The Knights Templar’s “blood avocados” and the Cartel de los Quesos in El Salvador, cartels look to cash crops and packaged goods as a revenue stream...
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Aug 5, 2024 · 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...
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 ...
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Nov 2, 2021 · What’s indisputable is that transnational business in marijuana, opium, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl has been linked to at least 350,000 deaths and 7 2,000 disappearances over the...
