Growing tension between Mexico’s drug trafficking cartels over the control of Baja California’s lucrative customs operations has caused the rate of violence to explode in border cities like Tijuana
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OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Down in Mexico, the word is “homicides.” Unfortunately, there are too many of them. This is from Alfredo Corchado of the Dallas Morning News: “As of Thursday, Aug. 18, 128,923 homicides had been registered under (President Andrés Manuel) López Obrador (AMLO), with more than two years left in his term, which ends in December 2024. This
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just two days after cartel violence wreaked mayhem in Mexico’s central states of Jalisco and Guanajuato, similar attacks gripped the country’s border city of Ciudad Juárez late Thursday, Aug. 11, leaving at least 11 people dead and six arrested, and Tijuana, on Friday, Aug. 12. Violence was also reported in the northern border towns of Mexicali, Rosarito
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO A series of arrests of alleged drug cartel kingpins in the western Mexican states of Guanajuato and Jalisco set off a terrifying night of mayhem and destruction late Tuesday, Aug. 9. As residents ran for cover and sheltered in place, angry gangbangers set businesses and vehicles on fire in both states as an apparent act of retaliation.
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By MARK LORENZANA At least three people were taken at gunpoint from a bar by armed men at dawn on Saturday, June 18, in the municipal seat of Jerez de García Salinas, in Zacatecas, a state in northcentral Mexico. According to local reports, at least six individuals broke into the bar, firing shots, and proceeded to search the tables to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite a strong military presence sent by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) late last year to curb mounting violence in that state, Michoacán has registered at least 694 murders so far this year, according to official figures. The special operations and the incursion of thousands of soldiers and National Guardsmen into Michoacán
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Recent headlines and heart-wrenching images depict a tragic story of innocent families desperately trying to escape a chaotic situation that has transformed their homeland into of a disputed territory rife with war and unchecked violence where no government or international organizations dare to enter. But this time, the grim scenario is not playing out
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The ever-expanding scope of the Mexican cartels around the world in the last two decades has proven the great adaptability that these organizations possess and their success to develop a highly functional and complex operational business structure. Up until now, the North American market has been the most profitable for Mexican cartels, representing an average
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — For decades, Mexico’s northern border has been a magnet for immigrants, both national and international, seeking economic refuge in the United States. But in recent months, the U.S.-Mexico border has also become a destination for thousands of displaced Mexicans who have fled their homes trying to escape the growing violence generated by organized crime
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By KELIN DILLON A power vacuum emerged in Mexico after the nation’s June 6 elections, leading to five horrific massacres across the country. One of the most violent, a gruesomely altercation in Zacatecas that left 19 dead, was reportedly caused by a bloody territory war between the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel, experts say. The Zacatecas
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