Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG)
The Jalisco Cartel New Generation is often considered Mexico's most feared cartel, whose operations stretch across the country.
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GULF CARTEL
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7 SEP 2023
Killings of police officers in Mexico’s northern state of Nuevo León have increased 143% between 2019 and 2022 amid a…
CHAPITOS
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17 JUL 2023
The Sinaloa Cartel has survived over thirty years as the top dogs of Mexico's drug trafficking world. What is the…
CHAPITOS
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23 JUN 2023
The CJNG, Sinaloa Cartel, Chapitos and more have used military-style patches to promote unity and loyalty.
DISPLACEMENT
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2 JUN 2023
Clashes between the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG in Chiapas, close to the Mexico-Guatemala border have displacee of thousands.
EXTORTION
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31 MAY 2023
A new report has found that organized crime groups are overwhelmingly to blame for violence in Mexico, and the CJNG…
COCAINE
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24 MAY 2023
Guatemala's military was corrupted by Mexico's CJNG, a former Guatemalan colonel has confirmed during a drug trafficking trial in the…
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