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- "It remains the most aggressive cartel in Mexico," according to the US-based geopolitical analysis firm Stratfor. "Its efforts to expand its area of control are largely responsible for the persistent wave of violence racking Tijuana, Juarez, Guanajuato and Mexico City."
www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40480405Mexico cartels: Which are the biggest and most powerful? - BBC
Oct 24, 2019 · Formed in about 2010, the Jalisco cartel is the strongest and most aggressive competitor to the Sinaloa. The group has expanded rapidly across Mexico and is now one of the country's most...
- Can Mexico Save Its Journalists
Distrust grew even further last month, after the New York...
- Mexican Drug Trade Reporter Javier Valdez Killed
The cartel is believed to be responsible for an estimated...
- Mum Who Probed Daughter's Death is Killed
A Mexican businesswoman who headed a group of 600 families...
- Can Mexico Save Its Journalists
May 21, 2024 · Today, the two largest and most powerful cartels, the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), are jostling with smaller rivals such as the Viagras, the Squirrels and the...
- Cleve Jones
Aug 5, 2024 · The cartels and the drug trade fuel rampant corruption and violence in Mexico, contributing to tens of thousands of homicides in the country each year. Since Mexico launched a war on the...
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.
- kate.linthicum@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
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.
Oct 8, 2024 · An explosive deception has ripped apart one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups, the Sinaloa cartel, and ignited a war between the rival factions.
Aug 31, 2022 · But Celaya took a brutal turn about four years ago, as one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, Jalisco New Generation, battled with a local criminal organization for turf. Now, the local...
