Familia Michoacana
The Familia Michoacana is a once-powerful cartel whose influence drained after the death of its leader in 2014.
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CRIMINAL MIGRATION
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15 FEB 2023
In Mexico's hotly contested Tierra Caliente region, one priest is caught between the CJNG and a smattering of violent criminal…
FENTANYL
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6 JAN 2023
Mexico's Familia Michoacana are back in the headlines again. But is it the same cartel as the one that fell…
GULF CARTEL
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30 AUG 2021
It was a Saturday, around 12:30 p.m. local time, when a caravan of three vehicles loaded with well-armed men and…
BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
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12 AUG 2021
Mexico's process of criminal fragmentation has been a slow burn. Many of the country's mightiest criminal groups have been unable…
DISPLACEMENT
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2 JUN 2021
The number of displaced people within Mexico has increased for the first time in three years, indicating that the country's…
HOMICIDES
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24 MAR 2021
A bloody ambush on a police unit in the state of Mexico, in which thirteen officials were shot dead, is…
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