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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...
- Can Mexico Save Its Journalists
"Nothing works if the assassins are free and those behind...
- Mexican Drug Trade Reporter Javier Valdez Killed
Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, known for his...
- Mum Who Probed Daughter's Death is Killed
The administration of former President Felipe Calderón...
- Can Mexico Save Its Journalists
Apr 4, 2022 · In a new series, Vanda Felbab-Brown outlines the way Mexico’s two largest cartels — the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva -Generación (CJNG) — as well as smaller criminal groups take over...
This essay offers a historical analysis of the emergence, evolution, and growing power and influence of Mexican drug organizations exploiting the shadows and gaps of the relationship between the two countries. The groups are dubbed “cartels” though they no longer operate like cartels in the traditional sense.
Mar 1, 2023 · With the aim of bringing some clarity to this debate, one of us, Paoli (2020) recently identified the seven typifying characteristics of the five iconic mafias—the Sicilian and the American Cosa Nostra, the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, the Chinese Triads and the Japanese Yakuza.
Nov 2, 2021 · Wrestling truth from the smokescreens of rumor, horror, and impunity that surround Mexico’s drug trade is a difficult task. What’s indisputable is that transnational business in marijuana ...
The cartel's history is marked by evolution from a small crime syndicate to one of the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. Founded in the late 1960s by Pedro Avilés Pérez in Sinaloa, the cartel initially focused on smuggling marijuana into the United States (US).
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...