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On April 26, 15 gunmen from the Tijuana Cartel were killed in a gunbattle against rivals. [ 16 ] On May 18, In the city of Playas de Rosarito, Baja California , the 28th Infantry Battalion received a tip that men were unloading packages from a boat to three vehicles, immediately the army were dispatched to the area.
The U.S. authorities speculated in 2009 that Tijuana's former police boss, Julián Leyzaola, had made agreements with Sánchez Arellano to bring relative peace in Tijuana. [15] With the arrest of El Teo in January 2010, much of his faction was eliminated from the city of Tijuana; some of its remains went off and joined with the Sinaloa Cartel .
This year the number killed in traffic accidents during illegal crossings is about 50." [32] In January 2003, two undocumented immigrant passengers died when their truck crashed on Interstate 8 while fleeing the Border Patrol, after a spike strip punctured a tire. [33] A week after the accident, a third person, Elvia Rumbo Leyva, died in the ...
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The murder rate in 2009 was 8.4 per 100,000 — by comparison, higher than the 5.6 in New York City [64] but much less than the 14.8 in Atlanta. [ 65 ] In Mexico City, the area of Iztapalapa has the highest rates of rape , violence against women , and domestic violence in the capital.
The Tijuana Cartel, also known as the Arellano Félix Organization, was once among Mexico's most powerful. [193] It is based in Tijuana, one of the most strategically important border towns in Mexico, [194] and continues to export drugs even after weakening by an internal war in 2009. Due to infighting, arrests and the deaths of some of its top ...
The evening of Jan. 24, 2023, officers from Tijuana's police department and Mexico's national guard arrested Madrigal and nine other men near the beaches of Rosarito, Mexican media reported.
Three others are killed and four injured at a bar in Tulum, Quintana Roo, while four are killed in Salamanca, Guanajuato. [183] [184] 2023 Ciudad Obregón shooting 29 December 2023 Ciudad Obregón, Sonora 8 Eight people are killed and 26 others are injured in a mass shooting at a party in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The shooting's target, a cartel ...