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Tag: Drug Cartels

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The Toll of Capturing El Chapo’s Son: 10 Soldiers, 19 Cartel Members Dead

January 6, 2023RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑAComments Off on The Toll of Capturing El Chapo’s Son: 10 Soldiers, 19 Cartel Members Dead

After troops arrested a son of the notorious drug lord known as El Chapo, cartel gunmen tried to free him, resulting in a series of gun battles and thousands of troops called into the fight.

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El Chapo’s Son Is Captured by Mexican Authorities for 2nd Time

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023Natalie Kitroeff and Steve FisherComments Off on El Chapo’s Son Is Captured by Mexican Authorities for 2nd Time

The arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López was a victory for the Mexican government. He had been briefly detained in 2019, but was released after cartel gunmen overpowered law enforcement.

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El Chapo’s Son Is Captured by Mexican Authorities for 2nd Time

January 5, 2023Natalie Kitroeff and Steve FisherComments Off on El Chapo’s Son Is Captured by Mexican Authorities for 2nd Time

The arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López was a victory for the Mexican government. He had been briefly detained in 2019, but was released after cartel gunmen overpowered law enforcement.

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Inside the Case Against General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda

December 8, 2022Tim GoldenComments Off on Inside the Case Against General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda

A Times Magazine-ProPublica investigation reveals how the U.S. painstakingly built a case against a Mexican general suspected of links to organized crime — and then decided to let him go.

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Mexico Says 43 Students’ Disappearance Was a State Crime

August 18, 2022August 20, 2022Oscar LopezComments Off on Mexico Says 43 Students’ Disappearance Was a State Crime

The authorities said for the first time that the state had been a key player in the likely massacre of students from a teachers’ college in 2014.

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Mexico Captures Notorious Drug Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero

July 15, 2022July 16, 2022Oscar LopezComments Off on Mexico Captures Notorious Drug Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero

Rafael Caro Quintero, an accused drug cartel leader, was convicted of killing Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, and was wanted by the F.BI.

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Violence in Rural Mexico Ensnares Doctors, Causing Worker Shortages

June 7, 2022June 8, 2022Steve FisherComments Off on Violence in Rural Mexico Ensnares Doctors, Causing Worker Shortages

As criminal organizations control more territory in less-populated regions, health care workers, caught in the crossfire, grow reluctant to work in such places.

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In Mexico, One Cartel Is Cleared, but Others Storm In

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022Maria Abi-Habib and Daniel BerehulakComments Off on In Mexico, One Cartel Is Cleared, but Others Storm In

In the state of Michoacán, small drug cartels compete with larger ones for territory, leaving the residents caught in the middle of a brutal turf war.

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On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

December 5, 2021December 6, 2021Ben Hubbard and Hwaida SaadComments Off on On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

Powerful associates of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean.

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Police Storm Ecuador Prison Where More Than 100 Inmates Died

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021JOSÉ MARÍA LEÓN CABRERAComments Off on Police Storm Ecuador Prison Where More Than 100 Inmates Died

The officers entered the prison after two days in which gangs connected to criminal drug cartels battled for dominance inside the prison system.

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