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Sense of normalcy slowly returning to Mazatlán after cartel violence, B.C. travellers sayTourists and residents were urged to stay off the streets amid gunfire and fighting in the state of Sinaloa Thursday, and travellers are still being urged to be cautious.CanadaJan 6, 2023
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Winnipeggers stuck in Mazatlán as cartel violence causes delaysWinnipeg travelers in Mazatlan, Mexico discovered their flights home were cancelled after violence erupted in Sinaloa following the arrest of cartel member Ovidio Guzman.CanadaJan 6, 2023
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Mexican government better prepared in 2nd arrest of ‘El Chapo’s’ son: ExpertNathan Jones, a drug policy and Mexico security expert from Sam Houston State University, joins Joel Senick to discuss the arrest of an alleged Cartel drug trafficker that resulted in violence in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa.Jan 6, 2023
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B.C. travellers hunker down as violence flares in Mexican state of SinaloaViolence broke out in the state Thursday, after police arrested alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.CanadaJan 5, 2023
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11 people and monkey in ‘bulletproof’ vest killed in Mexican cartel shootoutSeveral incidents involving exotic animals owned by cartel members were reported by Mexican authorities recently, including a tiger seen wandering the streets of Tecuala.TrendingJun 20, 2022
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‘Coming for all of you’: Cartels hunt down, kill police at their homes in MexicoThe cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers, and is now hunting them down.WorldJun 1, 2021
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Trump forged ahead with Mexican cartel terrorism policy despite Cabinet oppositionCabinet members and top aides from across the government recommended against the policy weeks before Trump's declaration last month that the U.S. would designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.Dec 26, 2019
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Mexico declares war on poppies to combat cartel opioid tradeThe Mexican army says its fight against surging opium production that feeds U.S demand is increasingly complicated by the rise of ever-stronger poppy strains.WorldMay 8, 2017
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15 killed, including 11 members of a family, in north MexicoOfficials say attacks by gunmen in the capital of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have left 15 people dead, including 11 members of one family who were shot while still in their beds.WorldJul 9, 2016
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Killings continue as police, soldiers swarm Mexico’s AcapulcoMexico has lined Acapulco's coastal boulevard with heavily armed police and soldiers, turning the city into a high-profile test case for a security strategy that the government has used elsewhere: When homicides spike, flood the area with troops.WorldMay 22, 2016
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