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Trump's national security adviser, former Rep. Mike Waltz (R–Fla.), introduced a bill in 2023 to authorize war against Mexican cartels—and any other drug trafficker or criminal organization ...
Oswaldo Zavala is a Mexican academic and writer whose provocatively titled 2022 book — "Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture" — argues for a bold reframing ...
Mexico has a long history of providing refuge to persecuted exiles, including tens of thousands of Guatemalans who sought sanctuary in the 1970s and 1980s during that country’s civil war.
La Familia Michoacana was a major Mexican drug cartel based in Michoacán between at least 2006 and 2011. It was formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, but split off and became an independent organization. [201] Map of Mexican drug cartels presence in Mexico based on a May 2010 Stratfor report [202] [203]
The initial plan to designate Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations arose from Trump's promise to "wage war" on Mexican cartels in an effort to curb the fentanyl crisis ravaging U.S. communities.
Sinaloa Cartel gunmen opened fire on Mexican armed forces with a half-dozen .50-caliber truck-mounted machine guns. The army responded by calling in Blackhawk helicopter gunships to attack a convoy of 25 cartel vehicles, including the gun platforms. Then the cartel gunmen opened fire on the helicopters, forcing two of them down with "a ...
The bodies of 15 people were recovered from pits in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas which has been plagued by drug cartel violence.. In a post on X, Chiapas State Gov. Eduardo Ramirez ...
Canada agreed to appoint a "fentanyl czar", list Mexican drug cartels as terrorists, and to create a $200 million "new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl". Trudeau also reaffirmed commitment to the 1.3 billion border security bill and joint strike force previously announced in December 2024. [ 34 ]