3 Takeaways From the Mexico Peace Index 2023
A new report has found that organized crime groups are overwhelmingly to blame for violence in Mexico, and the CJNG plays an oversized role.
Mexico's regulations concerning precursor chemicals is strong on paper, but rampant corruption means this is essentially meaningless.
While cooks produce vast quantities of fentanyl in makeshift labs across Mexico, they are watched over by a small group of expert chemists.
Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG depend on a network of brokers to buy precursor chemicals needed to make fentanyl and meth.
While fentanyl dominates headlines, Mexico has continued to produce colossal tons of methamphetamine which floods the United States.
The heavy regulation placed on chemical precursors used for meth and fentanyl has seen drug traffickers turn to pre-precursors instead.
InSight Crime's new report shows the inner workings of Mexico's synthetic drugs trade and how criminal groups have profited from it.
Prescription drugs containing fentanyl and methamphetamine are being sold in northern Mexico, putting unknowing customers at extreme risk.
Dutch authorities have seized three Mexican drug loads at Schiphol Airport, marking a new trafficking trend for Europe.
Mexico's Familia Michoacana are back in the headlines again. But is it the same cartel as the one that fell apart years ago?…
The Chapitos are winning the internal war for the Sinaloa Cartel and doing it in a different way than their father ever considered.
The rise of synthetic drugs, in particular fentanyl and methamphetamine, has changed the landscape of opportunity for drug traffickers in Latin America. Highly potent and highly addictive, synthetic narcotics are…
In response to changes in the international marijuana trade, Mexico-based drug trafficking groups have shifted their strategies.