Tijuana Cartel
The Tijuana Cartel is based in one of the most strategically important Mexico border cities for drug trafficking.
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BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
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5 APR 2023
US officials may designate Mexican crime groups as terrorists, but this mischaracterizes the threat. …
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…
MEXICO
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11 FEB 2019
Two death threats were made against the president of Mexico in the same week from two different criminal groups, suggesting…
HOMICIDES
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26 JUL 2018
A new report says that executions linked to organized crime in Mexico have skyrocketed to record levels during the first…
MEXICO
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28 JUL 2017
In "Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man," former Tijuana Cartel enforcer Martin Corona traces his rise through the ranks of the hegemonic…
JALISCO CARTEL
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20 OCT 2016
A bloody cartel war raging in the state of Baja California Sur hints at the new strategies and alliances forming…
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