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6 hours ago · A drug cartel is a criminal organization composed of independent drug lords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade. Drug cartels form with the purpose of controlling the supply of the illegal drug trade and maintaining prices at a high level. The formations of drug cartels are common in ...
5 days ago · The image of the cartel locally has changed with the succession from founders such as El Chapo, who grew up poor working in the fields and was a hero-like figure to some. His sons, the Chapitos ...
4 days ago · The Cartel Paradox: Resilience vs. Illegality ⚖️🕶️. Argument: Cartels Undermine Civilizational Stability 🏛️. It’s easy to criticise cartels, and indeed many have caused a lot of bloodshed and suffering (but, let’s face it, which human organisation hasn’t…).
2 days ago · Rocha acknowledged the battle is between two cartel factions — he called them the “Chapitos” and the “Mayitos” — and pledged to fight both equally. “There are two groups that are confronting each other here,” Rocha said of his state. “The authorities are here to face them down equally, both of them without exceptions.”
1 day ago · The former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera, was arrested in 2014. Octavio Hoyos / Shutterstock. Since Amlo took office in 2018, his policy towards organised ...
1 day ago · García Luna — Mexico’s former secretary of public security, who was convicted for accepting bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel — will be sentenced on October 16. While Zambada — the 76-year-old co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel —will have his first hearing before Judge Cogan on October 17.
15 hours ago · The Mexican army has seized the firearms of local police in the Sinaloa city of Culiacan as cartel violence has escalated, dozens have been killed in the streets and distrust in the police grows.
