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Jalisco Cartel Claims Responsibility for Explosion at Public Event, Blames Governor

The cartel accused the governor of allowing a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, currently engulfed in a turf war with another group, of entering the state

Latin Times

Mexican cartel leader's son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot

The son of a Mexican drug cartel leader has been convicted of charges that he used violence to help his father operate one of the country’s largest and most dangerous narcotics trafficking organizations

The Independent UK

'El Tanque' is among those accused by the U.S. of leading a fuel theft ring for the CJNG cartel

Over the past two years, the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned more than 300 targets for involvement in drug trafficking activities

Latin Times

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Peso Pluma revives controversy over alleged links to organized crime naming Grupo Cartel as his favorite band

Asked about his favorite artist at the moment, Peso Pluma chose a band known for songs dedicated to leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel

Latin Times

Treasury Department freezes assets of Jalisco Cartel over alleged fentanyl trafficking

The U.S. will also prevent Americans from doing business with Mexican companies linked to the men

Latin Times

How drug violence and migration are reshaping a city in the south of Mexico

Tapachula is now under the control of powerful Mexican drug cartels. A look into the new normal for the city

Latin Times

US, Mexico agree to ramp up fight against fentanyl and arms trafficking

Mexico and the United States on Thursday agreed to ramp up the fight against fentanyl trafficking, as well as Mexico's Sinaloa and CJNG drug cartels and their supply chains, in joint bid to reduce consumption of the powerful opioid.

Reuters

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Mexico President Andrés López Obrador blames fentanyl crisis on U.S., denies his country produces the opioid

Despite enormous evidence to the contrary, he said: “Here, we do not produce fentanyl, and we do not have consumption of fentanyl. Why don’t they” — the United States — “take care of their problem of social decay?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Missing Mexican environmentalists’ families accuse mining company

Relatives denounce transnational Ternium over case of lawyer Ricardo Lagunes and Indigenous leader Antonio Díaz Valencia

The Guardian - US

Explainer-Why Ovidio Guzman is one of Mexico's most wanted men

Mexican security forces on Thursday arrested cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the country's defense minister said.

Reuters

San Diego quietly prosecuting high-ranking members of ultra-violent Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

SAN DIEGO — For the better part of a decade, federal prosecutions of Mexican drug cartel leaders carried out in San Diego have focused largely on the Sinaloa Cartel, and before that the Arellano Félix Organization, the two groups that have historically dominated the lucrative Tijuana-San Diego smuggling route.

Tribune News Service

Brother of one of Mexico's most wanted drug capos arrested

The brother of Nemesio Oseguera, one of Mexico's most wanted drug runners, was arrested by Mexican authorities Tuesday morning in the state of Jalisco, representing a blow to the cartel, officials said.

Reuters

Mexican cartel urges that innocents be kept out of drug war in video message

A video claiming to be from Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) circulated on social media on Friday, urging that fighting be kept between criminal groups and avoid innocents.

Reuters

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