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Killing Drug Lords Won't End Mexico's Cartels. Ending the Drug War Might.

The death of El Mencho shows why decades of prohibition enforcement have only strengthened cartels.

Reason

From Sinaloa to El Mencho’s CJNG: Which are Mexico’s most powerful cartels

Mexico's drug war rages as powerful cartels, inspired by Pablo Escobar's model, battle for dominance. The Sinaloa Cartel and the aggressive Jalisco New Generation Cartel lead the charge, controlling vast territories and fueling violence. Older groups like the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas have weakened, leaving a landscape of shifting…

The Times of India

Mexican Areas Hit by Devastating Floods Also Struggle With Severe Cartel Violence: Report

Many of the municipalities hit the hardest by devastating floods lie within territories where violent clashes are common, as rival criminal groups continue fighting in the region.

Latin Times

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Journalist Issues Warning After Mexico Extradites 26 Cartel Members to U.S.: 'Politicians Should Be Shaking'

According to an expert on organized crime in Mexico, at least seven or eight cartel operatives extradited this week are considered major players who could provide key information to U.S. prosecutors

Latin Times

YouTube Removes Mexican Rapper's Account After U.S. Sanctions Him Over Links to Cartel del Noreste

Ricardo Hernández Medrano, also known as El Makabelico, had his YouTube account shut down as U.S. authorities allege the Mexican rapper plays a key role in the criminal operations of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN)

Latin Times

U.S. Sanctions Mexican Rapper 'El Makabelico' For Laundering Cártel del Noreste Money Through Concerts

Latin Times

Former Los Zetas Cartel Leader 'El Hummer' Sentenced To Decades In Prison For Drug Trafficking

Former Los Zetas cartel leader "El Hummer" has been sentenced to 35 years in prison

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U.S. Prosecutors Present Nearly 5 Million Files in Case Against Los Zetas Cartel Leaders

On June 11, prosecutors revealed that the case includes roughly 490,000 intercepted calls, transcripts, intelligence summaries, and other materials related to Miguel Ángel and Omar Treviño Morales, who led the cartel throughout the 2010s.

Latin Times

Dozens Arrested in South Carolina Nightclub Raid Tied to Alleged Los Zetas Cartel Member

A nightclub allegedly operated by a member of the Los Zetas cartel was raided over the weekend in Summerville, South Carolina, resulting in nearly 80 arrests

International Business Times

US sanctions two members of a Mexican drug trafficking group known as the Northeast Cartel

The United States has imposed sanctions on two members of the Mexican drug trafficking organization Cartel del Noreste, the Northeast Cartel, which was formerly known as Los Zetas

The Independent UK

Mexican Special Forces Capture Top Sinaloa Cartel Operative 'Leo 18,' For Whom The U.S. Was Offering $4 Million

Mexican special forces captured Leobardo Garcia Corrales, a close associate of the Sinaloa Cartel founders and for whom the U.S. offered $4 million

Latin Times

Mexican President Reveals There Are More Top Narcos Set For Extradition To The U.S.

Claudia Sheinbaum said that her administration has more names set for extradition after handing over almost 29 prisoners in February

Latin Times

Former Cartel del Golfo Leader and Cooperating Witness In Case Against 'El Menchito' Dies While In U.S. Custody

"El Pelón" testified against Rubén Oseguera González, son of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes alias "El Mencho," leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

Latin Times

Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Plead Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges As They Face Death Penalty In The U.S.

The Treviño Morales, leaders of Los Zetas, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges as they potentially face the death penalty in the U.S.

Latin Times

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Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Could Face the Death Penalty In The U.S. After Extradition From Mexico

Miguel Ángel and Omar Treviño Morales, known as "Z-40" and "Z-42" respectively, are facing a multitude of charges, including drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms trafficking

Latin Times

Latin America's 'Terrorist' Cartels In Trump's Sights

International Business Times

Latin America's 'Terrorist' Cartels In Trump's Sights

From Mexico's most ruthless drug cartels to Central America's most notorious street gang, these are the eight drug trafficking groups being designated terrorist organizations by US President Donald Trump's administration: - Jalisco New Generation - The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), which emerged in 2010, is one of Mexico's largest,…

Latin Times

Drug Lord Known as 'The Friend Killer' Is Deported to Mexico After 14 Years in U.S. Prisons

Ex-Gulf Cartel chief Osiel Cardenas has been taken into custody in Mexico on drug, organized crime and money-laundering charges

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Footage Shows Former Leader of 'Los Zetas' Cartel 'El Cholo' Murdered Inside a Sinaloa Barbershop

"El Cholo" was arrested in Mexico City in 2015; authorities say that he was involved in drug trafficking, extortions and kidnappings in the state of Sonora

The Guardian - UK

Cowboy Cartel review – a tale told so poorly even the talking heads call it ‘anti-climactic’

The real-life story of a Mexican cartel laundering money within the world of horse racing could be gripping. Sadly, it is not

Texas Observer

An Unwinnable Drug War

Threats to deploy U.S. troops to Mexico ignore an appalling reality that has already been a disaster for both nations.

The Conversation

How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, 50 years on from Chile's US-backed coup

For the few remaining women of Calama in Chile’s Atacama desert, September 11 holds a terrifying meaning. They understand the pain of watching forensic investigators meticulously scour through particles of dust, seeking to retrieve the tiniest fragments of lives brutally taken from the world. They know what it means to…

Daily Mirror

Mexican cartels' five WORST massacres from burning down casino to bloody prison riot

The drug cartels, such as the fearsome Los Zetas based in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, that run the drug routes into the US wage nearly constant war with the authorities, rival cartels and even between internal factions

Daily Mirror

Inside Mexico's most brutal cartel Los Zetas who massacred 193 bus passengers

Since their bloody split with the Gulf Cartel, this new group has been in constant war with their parent cartel for control over the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas

The Independent UK

No bond for 2 charged in connection with alleged July 4 plot

Two men charged in connection with what police have said was a thwarted Fourth of July mass shooting in Richmond, Virginia, have been ordered held without bond

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