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Gold-Coloured Coffin, 5 Trucks Of Flowers: Inside Funeral Of Mexico's El Mencho
The notorious Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera was laid to rest in a simple grave Monday in a ceremony that featured trucks overflowing with flowers, traditional music and dozens of masked soldiers in armored vehicles.
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After El Mencho's Death, Cartels Turn To Fake News To Spread Fear In Mexico
After Mexican forces killed the country's most wanted cartel leader on Sunday, false accounts of spectacular violence swept across social media, fueled by what researchers say was a coordinated propaganda campaign by organised crime.
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How El Mencho, El Chapo's Sons Forged A Drug Empire That Shook 2 Continents
The helicopters came low over the tree line at first light, rotors beating the humid air above the mountains of southern Jalisco, a region long whispered about in Mexican intelligence briefings as the nerve centre of a deadly cartel.
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Tactical Gear, Armoured Cars: The Deadly Militarisation Of Mexican Cartels
Over the past decade, CJNG evolved from a regional trafficking network into a structured armed organisation. Under El Mencho, the cartel expanded rapidly across several states and built strong international links, in synthetic drug trafficking
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How Mexican Cartels Employ Drones As Tools To Smuggle Drugs, Fight Enemies
The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday caused unease south of the US-Mexico border and put the spotlight on the use of drones by Mexican cartels.
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"No Information": Mexican President On US' Cartel Drone Incursion Claim
Mexico's president said Wednesday that her government was investigating the US shutdown of a border airport, which US officials linked to a Mexican cartel drone breach of US airspace.
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Texas Airport Was Shut Because Of "Incursion" Of Mexican Cartel Drones: Report
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
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How Nicolas Maduro Used Venezuela As A Drug Passage For Mexican Cartels
Hours after the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, federal prosecutors in New York unsealed charges revealing how the Venezuelan government allegedly became a hub for cocaine trafficking.
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10 Mexican Cartel Gunmen Sentenced To 141 Years In Prison
They were arrested at a ranch that authorities say was used as a forced recruitment centre for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal gangs.
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In Mexico, First Outrage, Then Victim-Blaming Over Murdered TikTok Influencer
The influencer seems to be among many Mexican women whose murder briefly shocks the conscience only to recede into the background until the next gruesome crime happens.
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Mexican Cartel Leader's Son, Who Ordered 100 Killings, Gets Life In Jail In US
Ruben Oseguera was extradited to the United States in February 2020 after seven years as the cartel's second-in-command.
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Marco Ebben, One Of Europe's Most Wanted Criminals, Shot Dead In Mexico
To evade arrest, Marco Ebben reportedly faked his death last October in the Mexican cartel stronghold of Culiacan amid a turf war between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Mexico Threatens US With Legal Action If Cartels Declared Terror Group
Mexico's president on Friday warned US gunmakers they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican cartels as terrorist groups.
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Violence In Mexican Cartel Bastion Claims 150 Lives In A Month
A turf war broke out on September 9 between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations.
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Trump Plans To Send "Kill Squads" To Take Out Mexican Cartel Heads: Report
If re-elected, former US president Donald Trump has vowed to send "assassination squads" of US special forces into Mexico to take out the heads of drug cartels, according to a report.
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Gold-Coloured Coffin, 5 Trucks Of Flowers: Inside Funeral Of Mexico's El Mencho
The notorious Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera was laid to rest in a simple grave Monday in a ceremony that featured trucks overflowing with flowers, traditional music and dozens of masked soldiers in armored vehicles.
-
After El Mencho's Death, Cartels Turn To Fake News To Spread Fear In Mexico
After Mexican forces killed the country's most wanted cartel leader on Sunday, false accounts of spectacular violence swept across social media, fueled by what researchers say was a coordinated propaganda campaign by organised crime.
-
How El Mencho, El Chapo's Sons Forged A Drug Empire That Shook 2 Continents
The helicopters came low over the tree line at first light, rotors beating the humid air above the mountains of southern Jalisco, a region long whispered about in Mexican intelligence briefings as the nerve centre of a deadly cartel.
-
Tactical Gear, Armoured Cars: The Deadly Militarisation Of Mexican Cartels
Over the past decade, CJNG evolved from a regional trafficking network into a structured armed organisation. Under El Mencho, the cartel expanded rapidly across several states and built strong international links, in synthetic drug trafficking
-
How Mexican Cartels Employ Drones As Tools To Smuggle Drugs, Fight Enemies
The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday caused unease south of the US-Mexico border and put the spotlight on the use of drones by Mexican cartels.
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"No Information": Mexican President On US' Cartel Drone Incursion Claim
Mexico's president said Wednesday that her government was investigating the US shutdown of a border airport, which US officials linked to a Mexican cartel drone breach of US airspace.
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Texas Airport Was Shut Because Of "Incursion" Of Mexican Cartel Drones: Report
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
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How Nicolas Maduro Used Venezuela As A Drug Passage For Mexican Cartels
Hours after the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, federal prosecutors in New York unsealed charges revealing how the Venezuelan government allegedly became a hub for cocaine trafficking.
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10 Mexican Cartel Gunmen Sentenced To 141 Years In Prison
They were arrested at a ranch that authorities say was used as a forced recruitment centre for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal gangs.
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In Mexico, First Outrage, Then Victim-Blaming Over Murdered TikTok Influencer
The influencer seems to be among many Mexican women whose murder briefly shocks the conscience only to recede into the background until the next gruesome crime happens.
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Mexican Cartel Leader's Son, Who Ordered 100 Killings, Gets Life In Jail In US
Ruben Oseguera was extradited to the United States in February 2020 after seven years as the cartel's second-in-command.
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Marco Ebben, One Of Europe's Most Wanted Criminals, Shot Dead In Mexico
To evade arrest, Marco Ebben reportedly faked his death last October in the Mexican cartel stronghold of Culiacan amid a turf war between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Mexico Threatens US With Legal Action If Cartels Declared Terror Group
Mexico's president on Friday warned US gunmakers they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican cartels as terrorist groups.
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Violence In Mexican Cartel Bastion Claims 150 Lives In A Month
A turf war broke out on September 9 between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations.
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Trump Plans To Send "Kill Squads" To Take Out Mexican Cartel Heads: Report
If re-elected, former US president Donald Trump has vowed to send "assassination squads" of US special forces into Mexico to take out the heads of drug cartels, according to a report.
