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Rosalinda González Valencia is reported to be a key figure in the leadership of one of Mexico’s lartest organised crime syndicates.
Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have set up roadblocks and attacked property and security forces in the days following their leader’s death.
Since appearing as a public shrine in 2001, the female death deity’s popularity has exploded and is a frequent sight in public ceremonies such as the Day of the Dead.
President Claudia Sheinbaum walks a fine line between appeasing Washington and not alienating voters at home.
Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader duped into flying to the US, where arrest awaited him.
As Mexico elects its new president, gang violence continues to sprawl.
The brief 2022 US ban on avocado imports from Mexico underscored the risks of being so heavily reliant on a product that comes from one region in one country.
Thirty-six candidates were murdered since campaigning began in Mexico last September, including numerous members of the president’s own Morena party.
Methamphetamine use has increased dramatically in Asia in the past five years, overtaking even the US. Now cartels spy an opportunities in Europe.
Government policies and dangerous conditions affect the ability of researchers working on both sides of the US-Mexico border to conduct scientific fieldwork.
Social bandits have a long history in Latin America.
The US may be in sight from the border towns of Sonora, Mexico, but the trip is far from over. Cartels control the desert territory that divides the two countries – and no one gets through for free.
The conviction of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, who evaded justice in Mexico, is a win for US officials. But it’s a pyrrhic victory in the war on drugs.
October 2017 was Mexico’s deadliest month on record.
It’s not the ‘bad hombres’ but the middle-class white guys who are the baddies of this US crime drama.
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