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Knights Templar

Like the Familia Michoácana, the Knights Templar uses religious imagery to project themselves as more than a drug cartel.

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Nelson Alexander Flores Pacheco, alias "Mula", was the liaison between the Mexican Mafia and the MS13 in Tijuana, Mexico.

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With cartels like the CJNG muscling in on illegal mining in Michoacán, Mexico, Indigenous community members continue to suffer.

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