The Treasury Department has sanctioned the alleged criminal leader, a Canadian national, and his support network after authorities linked him to the Sinaloa Cartel
Extremist commentators and Donald Trump himself are spreading misinformation and exaggerations about the protests to bolster justifications for a direct attack on the cartels
In the Mexican state of Sonora, in 2019, three mothers and six children were gunned down. The trail leads to two semi-automatic rifles, which were sold in U.S. gun shops. No authority on either side of the border has thoroughly investigated the origin of the weapons, nor how they ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels
State prosecutors confirm the teen’s family has claimed the body of the man who shot the mayor, and forensic tests confirm he fired the weapon
The ‘war on drugs’ was declared in the state, where cartels have been entrenched in politics and the economy for decades
A hitman linked to the CJNG shot dead the mayor of Uruapan, who had arrested the group’s leader in August
The murders of the Uruapan mayor and the leader of the lemon growers’ guild in Michoacán reveal a paradigm shift in organized crime, where complex extortion schemes have taken over entire regions
The turf war between organized crime factions keeps producers in Tierra Caliente held hostage with quotas. The murder of Bernardo Bravo is a message about the price of seeking justice
A security operation discovered a site in Michoacán where a group of men from the megachurch were being trained in military tactics
The testimonies of 38 people forcibly recruited in January by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel depict the deceptions and threats employed by the criminal organization
Washington accuses the Michoacán group of manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl, and smuggling them into the country
The criminal group targeted farms and transport companies, intercepted packages, and imposed quotas under a regime of terror
EL PAÍS reconstructs, on the ground and using exclusive documents, the presence of former military personnel hired by the cartels, a lethal alliance of organized crime
Religious leaders are inclined to share successful experiences for peace without interfering in the ‘responsibilities of the state’
The arrest of nine former military personnel in Michoacán sheds light on a growing phenomenon in the region, which is experiencing high rates of violence
The municipality, adjacent to Mexico City and surrounded by concrete, suffers from the heat island effect. The community came to the rescue with this accelerated tree planting method
Congress is moving forward with a proposal to tax money sent abroad. Analysts estimate the decision could cost Mexico at least $3.25 billion annually
El Mencho ordered trailers to be set alight and highways blocked in Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. Two police officers were killed, but no arrests were made: ‘We’ve never seen blockades of this scale’
For over 10 years, the Olascoagas have controlled the lives and economies of dozens of municipalities in Guerrero and the State of Mexico. The US now accuses them of being large-scale drug traffickers
A police commander was shot dead Tuesday after months of murders of officers, activists, and civilians at the hands of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
On the same day, the Treasury Department sanctioned the two leaders of the criminal organization, a Georgia court indicted them, and the State Department offered $8 million for their capture
Among the denounced candidates are former regional prosecutor Francisco Herrera Franco, linked to the murder of two journalists in Michoacán, and Silvia Delgado, part of the legal defense for the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel
Images from the Los Alegres del Barranco concert in Guadalajara open a new episode in the long series of controversies over the dissemination of symbols of organized crime
A judge’s blocking of the transfer of Abraham Oseguera, brother of the CJNG leader, to the U.S. is added to his arrest last year and release nine days later. The then-Mexican president considered it proof of the corruption of the judicial system
Guanajuato, the state with the highest homicide rate, saw two explosions in Acámbaro and Jerécuaro — a tactic that’s been used before in the spiral of violent crime affecting the region
The cartel war in Sinaloa highlights the fact that there are dozens of criminal hotspots throughout the country, one of the great failures of the López Obrador administration
Farming and mining towns between Michoacán and Colima are targets for the cartels. Their inhabitants try to protect themselves and have been asking for a stronger state security presence in the region for years
