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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]
United States Federal law and many state and local laws increase penalties for illegal drug-related activities in drug-free school zones. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The penalties vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction in terms of whether they stand alone as separate offenses or serve as a sentencing enhancement, and in terms of the defenses available.
August 20 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) disarticulate a large Mexican drug operation in Chicago, knocking out a major distribution network operating out of the city. The drug operation allegedly brought 1.5 to 2 tons of cocaine every month to Chicago from Mexico, and shipped millions of dollars south of the border. [100] [101]
For decades, being a public school student in the United States almost universally meant you were required to sit through the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program.
The parallel schemes enriched and empowered Chinese criminal groups at a time when marijuana laws were loosening and the Mexican cartels were flooding the country with fentanyl. ... Chicago, and ...
Felipe Calderón, Mexico's president, also visited the family members and handed a memorial plaque to the parents of the victims. [35] The mayor of Ciudad Juárez said that the massacre was a random act of violence by Mexico's drug gangs because the victims had no apparent ties with organize crime. [36]
A 2020 DEA map shows where different Mexican cartels have influence on American soil. “We are literally under siege,” said Sheriff Kieran Donahue of the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office.