Mexican cartels

Next year, the U.S. might consider issuing a determination that Mexico “failed demonstrably to uphold its international drug control commitments"

The ACLED included Mexico in its report concerning the 10 conflicts to worry about in 2020

The drug cartels are also involved in other crimes like kidnapping and extortion

José Antonio Yépez "El Marro" is the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel

Rubén Oseguera, son of the top leader of the CJNG cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, is wanted by the U.S. for drug trafficking conspiracy

Armed men blocked roads, burned cars, and there were reports of shootouts in the city of Uruapan in western Mexico after a senior leader of the Los Viagras cartel was detained

Former Mexican federal police commander Iván Reyes Arzate was arrested on Friday for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from Mexican drug cartels to help them send cocaine into the United States

Mexico suffered its worst year for homicides in 2019, with a record 34,582 victims

In early November, suspected drug cartel gunmen shot dead nine victims of the LeBarón family in a daytime attack as they were traveling by car in the northern state of Sonora

The medium-security prison located in the Mexican state of Zacatecas has inmates linked to Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, the Northeast Cartel, and the Sinaloa Cartel, as well as to the crime groups known as Los Paisas and Los Talibanes