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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A band of gunmen invaded a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire, killing six adults and a 7-year-old, authorities said.
In the latest Mexican cartel violence, 19 bodies were found around a dump truck in Chiapas state, officials say, part of a gang war for drug and migrant trafficking routes.
Extreme violence has vexed every leader of Mexico since 2006, when then-President Felipe Calderon sent soldiers into the streets to do battle with cartels. Homicides began soaring.
The 2023 Sinaloa unrest began on January 5, 2023, following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, son of jailed drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, sparking a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa. [2] In retaliation for the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, cartel members blocked highways with burning vehicles and began attacks against the armed forces. [3]
Gender violence is more prevalent in regions along the Mexico-US border and in areas of high drug trading activity and drug violence. [49] The phenomenon of the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez involves the violent deaths of hundreds of women and girls since 1993 in the northern Mexican region of Ciudad Juárez , Chihuahua , a border city ...
Authorities in Mexico's Sinaloa state said on Sunday that at least 14 people were killed the day before amid a wave of violence that erupted after drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's arrest ...
On 20 May 2023, a shootout occurred in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. It occurred at 2:18pm at an off-road vehicle rally in the San Vicente area of the city. Ten people were killed and another ten wounded. The perpetrators appear to have been members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. [1] [2]
The mother, who requested anonymity, is one of more than 700 victims of extreme violence to pass through Doctors Without Borders’ Comprehensive Care Center (CAI) in Mexico City and recount her ...