May 22, 2024 · The map highlights the territorial control and influence of various drug cartels across the country, as well as key border crossings into the United States. The map is color-coded to show the regions controlled or influenced by different cartels and other local groups, as well as areas of disputed territory and low cartel activity.

Oct 24, 2019 · Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. These cartels control vast areas of the country and are...

The Sinaloa Cartel fought the Juárez Cartel in a long and bloody battle for control over drug trafficking routes in and around the northern city of Ciudad Juárez. The battle eventually resulted in defeat for the Juárez Cartel, resulting in the deaths of between 5,000 and 12,000 people. [ 166 ]

Apr 24, 2023 · A newspaper report on “narco-taxis” paints a picture of an increasingly violent local drug trade in Mexico City, raising questions about what criminal groups are present in the country’s capital and how willing they are to use violence to exert their rule.

Aug 28, 2024 · MEXICO CITY — 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...

Jun 1, 2024 · The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. Gangs in Mexico depend on controlling local police chiefs, and taking a share of municipal budgets; national politics appear to interest them less.

Nov 15, 2023 · MEXICO CITY — Body parts found inside freezers, bodies hanging from bridges, young men killing each other under cartel orders. Mexico is no stranger to displays of brutality put on by the...

Oct 10, 2022 · Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) once the dominant drug trafficking organization in Mexico, has faced challenges and challengers to its primacy in the last several years, notably from the CJNG but also from splintering factions and subsequent in-fighting.

Mar 17, 2023 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three police officers and one suspect were killed and seven suspected drug cartel members were arrested Friday following a dramatic running gun battle on the eastern edge of Mexico City.

Feb 4, 2025 · Inside Mexican/American gunrunning networks 03:12. Gunfights on Monday shook a Mexican border city plagued by drug cartel-related violence, forcing the suspension of flights at the local airport ...