Michoacán

The Mexican president’s approval rating has recovered to 71% after slight declines since the summer. Both the downfall of the drug lord and electoral reform have garnered strong support, according to an Enkoll poll for EL PAÍS

EL PAÍS gained access to the cabin complex, nestled in a luxurious mountain retreat in Jalisco, where the world’s most wanted drug trafficker and his security detail staged their last stand with the Mexican army

The criminal group has never hesitated to attack politicians and ambush law enforcement officers

The Secretary of Security stated all affected areas have been cleared and order has been restored after the military operation that killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel had spent decades evading justice. He was brought down in an operation in the mountains of Jalisco that has sparked a violent reaction in various states across the country

The taqueria founded by Victor Villa, a Californian with parents from Michoacán, appeared for six seconds during the halftime show. On Monday, the line at the restaurant was over an hour long

Bakers, specialists and consumers defend their traditions and recipes, after a British chef made remarks about the lack of a bread-making culture in the country

The vast lemon industry of the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacán, where the alleged extortionist had his fiefdom, puts any preconceived notions about violence and power to shame

Los Choneros, the reigning criminal organization in Manabí, Ecuador, is linked to shark hunting and finning, complimentary activities to its primary trade of drug and fuel trafficking

The former Canadian athlete, accused of drug trafficking and murder north of the Rio Grande, has surrendered to US authorities

A top government target whose currency was violence, César Sepúlveda had become a key supplier and intermediary for much of the productive activity in Tierra Caliente

Daniel Arizmendi, who is believed to have kidnapped 200 people, used the modus operandi of cutting off a piece of his victims’ ears, in order to demand ransom from their families. Last week, a judge acquitted Arizmendi in one of the cases against him

The Treasury Department notes that the boss of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel manages the group’s operations from prison and even forged an alliance with the Gulf Cartel while behind bars

Security experts detect a greater reach in the arms war of organized crime groups with the use of kamikaze-type drones and signal jammers against attacks from rivals

The confrontation between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and self-defense groups for control of the territory has intensified and shows the difficulties in rebuilding the social fabric in Michoacán

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