Mexico Cartel Violence

• Mexican president’s state of the union avoids drugs, violence despite high levels

  Experts and residents agree that drug cartels effectively control wide swaths of Mexico, but President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mentioned gangs — and drugs — exactly zero times.

  World

  Sep 1, 2023
  
• 4 U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico during trip to buy medicine: officials

  The four came under fire on Friday shortly after entering the Mexican city of Matamoros from Texas, U.S. and Mexican officials said, and were thrown into a vehicle by the gunmen.

  World

  Mar 6, 2023
  
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• Flights cancelled between Mazatlán and Vancouver as cartel violence continues

  WestJet confirmed to Global News that flights WS2042 (Vancouver to Mazatlán) and WS2043 (Mazatlán to Vancouver) have been cancelled Friday due to cartel-related violence.

  World

  Jan 6, 2023
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• Investigators find 35 bodies buried near Guadalajara, Mexico

  The discovery of the bodies was another reminder of the task facing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who took office in December vowing to reduce the gang-fuelled violence that produced nearly 29,000 murders in Mexico last year, a record.

  Crime

  May 11, 2019
• 250 skulls found in clandestine graves near Veracruz, Mexico over past few months

  More than 250 skulls have been found over the last several months in what appears to be a drug cartel mass burial ground on the outskirts of the city of Veracruz, prosecutors said Tuesday.

  Crime

  Mar 14, 2017
• Mexican cartel leader killed in shootout involving military attack helicopter

  Mexican authorities say an alleged cartel leader has been killed in a shootout with Mexican marines, who poured gunfire into a house from a helicopter-mounted machine gun.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2017