Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG Share Fentanyl Chemical Suppliers
FENTANYL
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16 NOV 2022
Mexico’s two most powerful organized crime groups are reportedly sourcing precursor chemicals from the same suppliers to produce fentanyl.
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NEWS
BARRIO 18
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14 SEP 2022
In the mountains of Michoacán, Mexico, Carlos was trained to become a ruthless soldier for the Cárteles Unidos.
COCAINE
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30 AUG 2022
Cocaine in Australia remains difficult to access, with traffickers either selling low-quality or entirely fake doses.
HOMICIDES
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18 AUG 2022
Mexico saw outbreaks of violence last week in three different states. What can these events tell us about the country's criminal dynamics?…
HOMICIDES
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9 AUG 2022
Little clarity has followed the brazen assassination of a local police chief in northern Mexico.
ELITES AND CRIME
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3 AUG 2022
Cartels like the Chapitos have asked for forgiveness from the Mexican people. Will it ever be given?…
JALISCO CARTEL
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22 JUL 2022
El Chapo's sons, the Jalisco Cartel, more - a free-for-all may be happening in Sonora after the fall of Rafael Caro Quintero.
MEXICO
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16 JUL 2022
Rafael Caro Quintero, Mexican drug lord and erstwhile head of the defunct Guadalajara Cartel, has been apprehended by Mexican authorities.
JALISCO CARTEL
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11 JUL 2022
Despite Mexico ranking as the second-most devout Catholic country on the planet, clerics have found no salvation from extortion, beatings and even murder by organized crime. …
ARGENTINA
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5 JUL 2022
Why did drug trafficking enjoy such a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic…
COCAINE
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29 JUN 2022
Turkish and foreign law enforcement have seized record quantities of cocaine heading from South America to Turkey, revealing the growing role of the country’s powerful traffickers in the transit of…
MEXICO
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29 JUN 2022
El Chueco has quite the rap sheet, having allegedly killed priests, a tour guide, baseball players and an American tourist.
FENTANYL
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10 JUN 2022
Authorities in Mexico's northern state of Sinaloa have made a string of synthetic drug lab busts, underscoring how the state has emerged as a fentanyl and methamphetamine production hub.
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