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A young foreigner looks at his cell phone, in Mexico City.

Telephone scams targeting US tourists are ‘an important source of revenue’ for the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel

Daniel Alonso Viña|Mexico|Jun 12, 2023 - 00:25 CEST

A recent case involving the murder of seven call center workers in the Mexican state of Jalisco has shed light on one of the new tentacles of the cartel. Shell companies – which are controlled by the mafia – issue fake documents to tourists and demand that they pay taxes on properties that don’t exist

Agents of the Prosecutor's Office on May 29 in Guadalajara (State of Jalisco).

Mexico

Marijuana, blood and phone scams: New clues in the case of seven workers who disappeared from a Mexican call center

Daniel Alonso Viña|Mexico|May 30, 2023 - 17:21 CEST

A week later, there is no trace of the missing employees. Authorities suggest the establishment was a front for a network with ties to organized crime that swindled foreigners, especially elderly U.S. citizens

A State Police patrol in Comitán de Domínguez, May 29.

Mexico

Shootings and forced recruitment as cartel battles spread on Chiapas-Guatemala border

Pablo Ferri|Mexico|May 30, 2023 - 16:58 CEST

For two years, a war between criminal groups has terrorized Frontera Comalapa and its farming communities. Residents and NGOs have denounced an upsurge in violence

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