Mexico's week of drug violence shakes administration
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexico's week of drug violence shakes administration

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “What I do know is that our opponents, the corrupt conservatives, help in the black propaganda.” Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said later that the cartels had lashed out because they have been weakened. “Often it is much more effective to do this than have direct confrontation with the armed forces, where they are almost always going to lose.” For security analyst David Saucedo, the attacks were “narco terrorism,” and he said the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was behind the violence in the states of Guanajuato and Baja California. “The narco terrorism of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is a reaction to the president's change in strategy,” Saucedo said. “If the Mexican president continues with this strategy of capturing high-ranking members of the Jalisco cartel, the Jalisco cartel is going to respond with acts of narcoterrorism in the states it controls as part of its vast empire.” Sandoval said there has been no change in strategy.

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Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Trending News
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Trending News
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

Trump's Mexico gambit could quickly blow up in his face: experts
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump's Mexico gambit could quickly blow up in his face: experts

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump is once again threatening the Mexican government with tariffs in a seeming bid to get the country to do more to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States. However, the Wall Street Journal reports that things could quickly go south for Trump if he goes further and authorizes unilateral military action against drug cartels in …

Trump team debates "how much" they should invade Mexico, Rolling Stone reports
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump team debates "how much" they should invade Mexico, Rolling Stone reports

Salon  

President-elect Donald Trump and his freshly selected Cabinet of loyalists are revisiting old plans to invade Mexico and “wage war” on its drug cartels, Rolling Stone reported on Wednesday. Another source told Rolling Stone that Trump is planning a “soft invasion” of Mexico where American military leaders would be tasked with assassinating top drug cartel members. When I am back …

Car bombs. Massacres. A cartel turf war. Mexico’s new president confronts a wave of violence
1 month, 1 week ago

Car bombs. Massacres. A cartel turf war. Mexico’s new president confronts a wave of violence

LA Times  

Mourners attend a Mass on Oct. 20 alongside the coffin of Roman Catholic priest Marcelo Perez, who was killed in San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico’s Chiapas state. As a candidate, Sheinbaum vowed to continue the strategy of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who expanded the military’s reach but sought to avoid direct confrontations with cartels, and insisted …

Mexico's president lays out a plan to combat cartel violence. But it looks like more of the same
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico's president lays out a plan to combat cartel violence. But it looks like more of the same

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mexico’s new president laid out …

Mexican President blames the U.S. for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges
3 months ago

Mexican President blames the U.S. for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges

The Hindu  

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed the United States in part on Thursday for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week. for having carried out this operation.” The recent surge in cartel warfare had been expected after Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of …

Mexico’s president asks Sinaloa cartel to act ‘responsibly’ as violence escalates in the north
3 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s president asks Sinaloa cartel to act ‘responsibly’ as violence escalates in the north

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday asked the warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel to act “responsibly” so no one else gets killed, after a week of escalating violence nearly paralyzed the Sinaloa state capital, Culiacan. Asked by a journalist if he trusted that the cartels would heed his call, López Obrador answered bluntly: “The …

Mexico suggests US made a deal with Mexican drug lord to get his brother transferred from prison
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico suggests US made a deal with Mexican drug lord to get his brother transferred from prison

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico suggested Thursday that U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and another capo, to get his brother transferred from a U.S. prison. Instead, Mexican prosecutors are bringing charges against the younger Guzmán for apparently kidnapping Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada — an older drug boss from a rival …

Are Mexican drug cartels as powerful as people think?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Are Mexican drug cartels as powerful as people think?

LA Times  

Oswaldo Zavala is a Mexican academic and writer whose provocatively titled 2022 book — “Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture” — argues for a bold reframing of how to think about organized crime in his country. After the arrest last month of two leaders of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organization, The Times’ Kate Linthicum spoke …

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels

Associated Press  

TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday. Adrián López, the chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan, confirmed that gunmen linked to drug cartels shot to death seven members of the community police force in the town of Coahuayana over the weekend. The community …

Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US
4 months ago

Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against Joaquín Guzmán López, but not because he was a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel founded by his father, Joaquín “El Chapo” …

A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico’s ruling party faces growing scandal
4 months, 1 week ago

A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico’s ruling party faces growing scandal

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — It was strange and surprising when Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July, but the story of how he got there is now growing into a scandal that threatens top figures in Mexico’s ruling party. On Thursday, federal prosecutors said Sinaloa state officials mishandled evidence in an apparent attempt to …

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders

LA Times  

Days after the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of two of Mexico’s most wanted fugitives, the details of what exactly transpired remain murky. “We need them to tell the truth.” The president has come under heavy criticism for being blindsided by the capture of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of notorious …

Mexican president issues public appeal to drug cartels not to fight after detention of drug lord
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexican president issues public appeal to drug cartels not to fight after detention of drug lord

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president took the unusual step Monday of issuing a public appeal to drug cartels not to fight each other following last week’s detention of top Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily press briefing that he trusted that drug traffickers knew they would …

What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?

India Today  

Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested by US agents in Texas during a dramatic operation and without the involvment of Mexican authorities. Impact on Sinaloa cartel US Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram said Zambada's arrest "strikes at the heart of the cartel that is responsible for the majority of drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing Americans from coast to coast." …

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before

Associated Press  

COTIJA, Mexico — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. On Wednesday, the last official …

Mexico’s cartel violence haunts civilians as the June 2 election approaches
7 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s cartel violence haunts civilians as the June 2 election approaches

Associated Press  

HUITZILAC, Mexico — Tailed by trucks of heavily armed soldiers, four caskets floated on a sea of hundreds of mourners. “When my phone rings, I’m terrified that it’ll be the school saying something has happened to my kids.” Cartel violence is nothing new to Mexico, but bloodshed in the country has spiked ahead of the election, with April marking the …

Trump ‘plans to send kill teams to Mexico to take out drug lords’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump ‘plans to send kill teams to Mexico to take out drug lords’

The Telegraph  

Donald Trump is planning to send US assassination squads into Mexico to kill the leaders of drug cartels if he returns to the White House, according to a report. The magazine’s sources, which include at least one Republican lawmaker, suggest Mr Trump argued that eliminating the “kingpins” of the most powerful cartels would seriously damage their operations and ability to …

Mexican president claims that criminal groups are ‘respectful’ and ‘respect the citizenry’
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Mexican president claims that criminal groups are ‘respectful’ and ‘respect the citizenry’

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Thursday that the country’s violent criminal gangs and drug cartels are essentially “respectful people” who “respect the citizenry” and mostly just kill each other. A reporter asked López Obrador whether drug cartels behaved well when he visited the township of Badiraguato, Sinaloa — the hometown of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, which …

Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a ‘Mexico First’ policy
9 months ago

Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a ‘Mexico First’ policy

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Friday he won’t fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs. “For decades, past administrations in Mexico have thought the war against drug cartels was basically a U.S. problem,” said security analyst David Saucedo, noting that Mexican domestic drug consumption, while growing — …

Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between 2 warring drug cartels
10 months ago

Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between 2 warring drug cartels

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Roman Catholic churchmen have helped arrange a truce between two warring drug cartels whose turf wars have blooded the state of Guerrero in southern Mexico, a priest said Thursday. The bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, said at the time that those talks failed because the drug gangs didn’t want to stop fighting over territory …

Mexican president calls on civilians not to support drug cartels even if they pressure them
11 months ago

Mexican president calls on civilians not to support drug cartels even if they pressure them

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president called on citizens Friday not to support drug cartels, or oppose the installation of National Guard barracks, after a number of videos surfaced showing residents cheering convoys of cartel gunmen. Several videos have been posted on social media in recent weeks of villages in southern Chiapas, showing farmers lining roadways near the border with Guatemala …

Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near Guatemala border
1 year, 2 months ago

Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near Guatemala border

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Drug cartel turf battles cut off a series of towns in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico’s president acknowledged Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the cartels have cut off electrical power in some towns, and forbidden government workers from coming in to the largely rural area to fix power …

Why America’s Republicans want to bomb Mexico
1 year, 3 months ago

Why America’s Republicans want to bomb Mexico

Hindustan Times  

MEXICANS ARE used to their country being used as a piñata during American election seasons. In 2015, in a speech to launch his presidential campaign, Donald Trump accused Mexico of sending drug traffickers, rapists and other criminals to America and promised to make Mexico’s government pay for a wall along the border. At the first Republican primary debate on August …

Mexican president’s state of the union address suggests crime is not a problem
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexican president’s state of the union address suggests crime is not a problem

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president on Friday delivered his second-to-last state of the union, and perhaps what was most striking of his roughly 1 1/2 hour speech was what he didn’t talk about: drugs, crime or drug cartels. Experts and residents agree that wide swaths of Mexico are under the de-facto control of drug cartels, but President Andrés Manuel López …

Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government said Monday it sent 1,200 more troops to the cartel-dominated western state of Michoacan after a weekend of violence. State prosecutors said three convenience stores and five trucks and cars had been set afire, a tactic often used by drug cartels in the state to block roads and enforce extortion demands. Lime growers and …

Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians
1 year, 5 months ago

Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. It appeared to be the first time that a Mexican cartel killed law enforcement personnel with improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and was the latest example of the increasingly open, military-style …

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl
1 year, 8 months ago

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl

NPR  

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl Enlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Justice Department U.S. Justice Department U.S. officials say they've identified and infiltrated the Mexican drug organization that's largely responsible for the fentanyl crisis killing tens of thousands of Americans every year. "While El Chapo's Sinaloa was about cocaine and meth, and …

Mexico's president has some advice for U.S. on moral decay
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico's president has some advice for U.S. on moral decay

LA Times  

Then-President Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, left, attend an event at the White House Rose Garden in July 2020. “López Obrador gets a free pass from Washington,” said Jorge Castañeda, a former Mexican foreign secretary and critic of the president. “He’s gotten a very good deal from both Biden and Trump, basically for doing their dirty work …

Editorial: U.S.-Mexico officials must put aside animosity to stop fentanyl deaths
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: U.S.-Mexico officials must put aside animosity to stop fentanyl deaths

LA Times  

A round of indictments against a major Mexican fentanyl trafficking ring last week presents an opportunity to hobble the multinational drug enterprise killing people on both sides of the border — but only if leaders in the United States and Mexico can stop sniping at each other and overcome a rift between them. Gen. Merrick Garland, announcing the indictments against …

Mexico president slams US ‘spying’ after traffickers charged
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico president slams US ‘spying’ after traffickers charged

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at what he called U.S. “spying” and “interference” in Mexico, days after U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for smuggling massive amounts of fentanyl into the United States. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested Monday that the case had been built on information gathered by U.S. agents …

Mexico asks China’s help in curbing production of fentanyl
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico asks China’s help in curbing production of fentanyl

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president asked his Chinese counterpart for help Tuesday in halting chemicals from China used by Mexican drug dealers to illegally produce fentanyl, while also complaining of “rude” U.S. pressure to curb the drug trade. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has previously said that fentanyl is America’s problem and is caused by “a lack of hugs” in …

Opinion: Don’t blur the lines by calling Mexican drug cartels ‘terrorist organizations’
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Don’t blur the lines by calling Mexican drug cartels ‘terrorist organizations’

LA Times  

A show of force by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Laredo, Texas. In a scene from a 2018 movie “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” a U.S. president decides to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups because it will provide new tools for U.S. national security to mitigate growing violence. Designating violent Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations …

Mexico’s president slams calls for US military to target cartels
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico’s president slams calls for US military to target cartels

Al Jazeera  

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has rejected calls for the United States military to intervene to stem drug cartel violence in Mexico, saying such a move would violate the country’s sovereignty. On Wednesday, Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw released a message in Spanish asking Lopez Obrador why he opposed a proposal the congressman introduced in January, authorising US military force …

Mexican capo’s arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexican capo’s arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week was an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed, experts say. “Mexico wants to do at least the bare minimum in terms …

Why the arrest of cartel kingpins like Ovidio Guzman fuels drug violence in Mexico
1 year, 11 months ago

Why the arrest of cartel kingpins like Ovidio Guzman fuels drug violence in Mexico

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Thursday’s arrest of Ovidio “El Raton” Guzman, son …

Mexico offers blow-by-blow account of the deadly fight to arrest ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s son
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexico offers blow-by-blow account of the deadly fight to arrest ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s son

LA Times  

Police and military patrol the city of Culiacan, in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, on Friday. The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern Mexico city of Culiacan into a war zone, authorities said Friday. In a blow-by-blow description of the battles that killed 10 military personnel and …

Mexico’s president asks residents to reject drug gang gifts
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexico’s president asks residents to reject drug gang gifts

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president appealed to the country’s citizens Tuesday not to accept holiday handouts and gifts from drug gangs, after videos posted online showed garish pickup trucks handing out loads of gifts while bystanders described the drivers as members of the Jalisco drug cartel. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that some drug gangs were looking to resume …

Mexico cartel violence leaves several dead and property destroyed after week of fighting
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexico cartel violence leaves several dead and property destroyed after week of fighting

ABC  

Two Mexican cities along the border with the United States are on high alert after a week of cartel violence across the country. Key points: Dozens of cars have been hijacked and burned during a week of cartel violence Tijuana's mayor has urged cartels to keep the violence between themselves and not innocent civilians Widespread violence started earlier in the …

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — The Mexican border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali along with Rosarito and Ensenada were hit by gang violence that included vehicles being set ablaze and road blockades. “Today we are saying to the organized crime groups that are committing these crimes, that Tijuana is going to remain open and take care of its citizens,” Caballero said in …

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades

LA Times  

The Mexican border cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito and Ensenada were hit by gang violence that included vehicles being set ablaze and road blockades. Late Friday, the U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana said in a statement that it “is aware of reports of multiple vehicle fires, roadblocks, and heavy police activity in Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito, Ensenada, and Tecate.” On Saturday, …

Mexican drug cartel gunmen burn shops, cars to avenge arrests
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexican drug cartel gunmen burn shops, cars to avenge arrests

Al Jazeera  

Drug cartel gunmen have burned more than two dozen convenience stores and blocked roads with blazing vehicles in western Mexico in response to a military operation that was aimed at an apparent meeting of gang bosses, authorities said. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that soldiers had confronted criminals, including “bosses”, at a “meeting of two gangs” …

Mexican drug cartels burn cars in retaliation to a military operation which arrested eight
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexican drug cartels burn cars in retaliation to a military operation which arrested eight

ABC  

Suspected Mexican drug cartel members set fire to vehicles in two states after a military operation targeted an apparent meeting of gang bosses, authorities have said. Key points: The arrests took place after a meeting of two gangs was shut down by a military operation Burnt out vehicles were left blocking highways in retaliation to the arrests Surveillance camera footage …

Mexican president wants to re-name drug growing area
2 years, 6 months ago

Mexican president wants to re-name drug growing area

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mexican President Andrés Manuel López …

Opioid fight needs new strategy, Cabinet leadership: report
2 years, 10 months ago

Opioid fight needs new strategy, Cabinet leadership: report

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter its festering overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional commission advises. With vastly powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl driving record overdose deaths, the scourge of opioids awaits after the COVID-19 pandemic finally recedes, a shift that public health experts expect in the months ahead. “This is one of …

Mexico’s drug war uses drones, human shields, gunships
3 years ago

Mexico’s drug war uses drones, human shields, gunships

Associated Press  

AGUILILLA, Mexico — The Mexican government is rapidly running out of tools to control the expansion of the feared Jalisco cartel on the front lines of Mexico’s narco war in the western state of Michoacan and the stalled ground effort is being supplemented by an increasingly sophisticated aerial conflict. “If they try to come in here again, we’ll put 2,000 …

A Mexican state suffers bloody fallout of cartel rivalry
3 years, 4 months ago

A Mexican state suffers bloody fallout of cartel rivalry

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The north-central Mexican state holds strategic importance for drugs …

Infighting in Gulf cartel blamed for Mexico border killings
3 years, 6 months ago

Infighting in Gulf cartel blamed for Mexico border killings

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA — The top prosecutor in Mexico’s border state of Tamaulipas said Tuesday that infighting between rival factions of the Gulf drug cartel was the motive behind a weekend shooting that killed 19 people, 15 of whom appeared to be innocent bystanders. State prosecutor Irving Barrios told local station Radio Formula that apparently two gangs that operate just outside …

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