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Articles for Mexican Drug Cartels

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 …

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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 …

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He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes
1 year, 10 months ago

He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes

NPR  

He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes Enlarge this image toggle caption Marco Ugarte/AP Marco Ugarte/AP As U.S. prosecutors rest their case against Mexico's former top cop during a trial in New York City, another question is in play: Are U.S. efforts to stem the flow of deadly Fentanyl from Mexico into …

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Former AG Bill Barr says Mexican drug cartels should be wiped off the face of the Earth like ISIS
2 years, 5 months ago

Former AG Bill Barr says Mexican drug cartels should be wiped off the face of the Earth like ISIS

Daily Mail  

Former AG Bill Barr said Mexican drug cartels should be wiped off the Earth like ISIS because they're far too rich and powerful to prosecute. Former AG Bill Barr, 72, said the Mexican government isn't 'serious enough' about disbanding the cartels, who are 'poisoning' Americans with fentanyl. 'We have to approach the cartels more like ISIS and less like the …

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Mexico stunned by L.A. arrest of former defense chief allegedly on drug cartel’s payroll
4 years, 2 months ago

Mexico stunned by L.A. arrest of former defense chief allegedly on drug cartel’s payroll

LA Times  

Retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, former defense minister, was arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport on federal charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. In 2016, he denounced traffickers who had ambushed a military convoy, killing six soldiers, as “sick, insane beasts.” Now Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda — who served as defense minister from 2012 to 2018 under then-President Enrique …

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