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- In some instances, such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, drug cartels have contributed to both the high crime and violence rates. Cartels, apart from using gross violence to intimidate and punish rivals, are known to also corrupt state institutions and directly commit crimes against civilians such as extortions and kidnappings among others.
www.jstor.org/stable/26645122The good, the bad and the ugly: the socioeconomic impact of ...
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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Aug 5, 2024 · Summary. 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...
Jul 15, 2024 · In recent years, tens of thousands of people have died due to fighting between drug cartels in Mexico. The chart uses data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program to show the country's deaths from “non-state conflicts” over the last thirty years.
Sep 21, 2023 · Organised criminal groups in Mexico employ up to 185,000 people and draw in hundreds of new recruits every week, new research estimates, underscoring the difficulty of dismantling the cartels and...
Oct 9, 2024 · Mexico faces a crisis of kidnappings, disappearances, and other criminal violence that has left over thirty-thousand people dead each year since 2018. Gangs and drug cartels largely perpetrate...
Dec 6, 2022 · In Michoacan, their insurgent-like sieges of towns and extensive use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and drones has analysts drawing comparisons to militant groups like the Taliban. The CJNG has not limited its signature violence to rival cartels or the legalised, regional self-defence groups.
Oct 24, 2019 · These cartels control vast areas of the country and are also responsible for political corruption, assassinations and kidnappings. But which groups are the most powerful? The Sinaloa Cartel
