Zetas
The Zetas were once the most feared cartel in Mexico, pioneering many of the terror tactics that have defined the country's gangs ever since.
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FEATURED
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16 MAR 2023
The Northeast Cartel has established almost complete dominance of criminal economies in Mexico's border city of Nuevo Laredo.
COCAINE
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18 MAY 2022
Early investigations indicate the CJNG is striking partnerships with drug rings in Guatemala that receive shipments of cocaine from Colombia…
HUMAN RIGHTS
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17 JAN 2022
Reported kidnappings have decreased significantly in Mexico, but in recent years, at least one out of every 10 kidnapping victims…
JALISCO CARTEL
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17 DEC 2021
The United States and Mexico have officially entered a new phase of their partnership to tackle transnational organized crime groups…
COCAINE
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8 NOV 2021
Cocaine, synthetic drugs, weapons, migrants, gasoline - this range of criminal economies has seen violence escalate in Mexico's northern state…
FEATURED
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6 OCT 2021
It was so simple once. The Gulf Cartel and its ancestors maintained control of Tamaulipas for eight decades.
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