Mexico Cartels
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Mexican president’s state of the union avoids drugs, violence despite high levelsExperts 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.WorldSep 1, 2023
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Monument set to honour 9 U.S.-Mexican citizens ambushed, slain in cartel murdersThe mostly bilingual American-Mexicans have lived in northern Mexico for decades and consider themselves Mormons.WorldJan 12, 2020
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Relatives of women, children killed in Mexico cartel murders debate leaving their homesThe gangland ambush by cartel gunmen in November on a dusty road in northern Mexico left three mothers and six children dead.WorldJan 11, 2020
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26 plastic bags containing body parts found in Mexican state of JaliscoThe remains were taken to the state forensic science institute for identification.WorldJan 9, 2020
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Trump ‘temporarily’ holds off on listing Mexican cartels as terrorist groupsIt was unclear if Mexico had promised Trump anything in return for suspending the designation, which could have caused Mexico headaches.WorldDec 6, 2019
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El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel made nearly $3M a day in Canada, former DEA agent claimsA former undercover agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency claims the cartel targeted Canada because of its weak national policing.WorldJan 9, 2019
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Baby shower shooting in Mexico City leaves man, 2 children deadAuthorities in northern Mexico say a drug dispute may have been the motive in a shooting attack on a baby shower that killed two children and an adult.WorldNov 27, 2016
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El Chapo judge fatally shot in head outside of his Mexico homeJudge Vicente Bermudez handled several legal challenges lodged by lawyers for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the jailed leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.WorldOct 19, 2016
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Mexico’s federal police chief fired over execution allegationsMexico's president dismissed the chief of the federal police force Monday, following a scathing report alleging federal police "executed arbitrarily" at least 22 suspected drug cartel members during a raid on a ranch.WorldAug 29, 2016
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El Chapo’s son may be among men abducted by gunmen from Mexican restaurantThe son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman may be among the half-dozen men abducted by gunmen at a restaurant in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta.CrimeAug 16, 2016
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