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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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…
ILLEGAL MINING
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27 JAN 2023
With cartels like the CJNG muscling in on illegal mining in Michoacán, Mexico, Indigenous community members continue to suffer.
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…
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
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2 APR 2021
Following the arrest of a former Mexican mayor in Guatemala, US prosecutors unveiled an indictment against him and criminal rivals…
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
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28 OCT 2020
Six months after a sophisticated robbery where gunmen hijacked gold and silver bars being loaded onto a plane in Mexico,…
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