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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DISPLACEMENT
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22 MAY 2023
Drone attacks carried out by the Familia Michoacana forced hundreds of residents of towns in Guerrero, Mexico, to flee their…
BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
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5 APR 2023
US officials may designate Mexican crime groups as terrorists, but this mischaracterizes the threat. …
CRIMINAL MIGRATION
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23 MAR 2023
Nelson Alexander Flores Pacheco, alias "Mula", was the liaison between the Mexican Mafia and the MS13 in Tijuana, Mexico.
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…
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