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Organized crime groups (OCGs) in Mexico are some of the most violent and sophisticated active criminal cells. The conflict with the Mexican state, commonly understood to have begun in 2006, has resulted in approximately 400,000 casualties. The focus of this research is the discourse produced by Mexico’s OCGs. The tropes within the discourse projected by these groups present an ominous threat to the legitimacy of the Mexican state. OCGs operate, largely, in the rural areas of Mexico, those with...

(NEW YORK) — It’s an old Hollywood story: some criminal suspects believe they can outrun the law, and escape their charges, by fleeing to Mexico. But when fugitives who commit a crime in the United States cross the southern border, the U.S. government requires some […]

Just five years ago, Ecuador was still considered one of the safest countries in Latin America. Now, there is a brutal war playing out between criminal gangs and the state.

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The prc government must stop the unchecked flow of fentanyl precursor chemicals that are coming out of china. earlier this morning the treasury department announced sanctions against two chinese companies and five related individuals for their roles in the sale of fentanyl precursor chemicals from china to the sinaloa cartel four of those individuals are defendants in this case. before we provide further details on these actions against the sinaloa cartel, i want to explain why we took them fami...

Authority we have to bring those responsible to justice as outlined in an indictment unsealed today in the southern district of new york, the sinaloa cartel is largely responsible for the surge of fentanyl into the united states over the last eight years. that surge is the result of a complex and comprehensive fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking network orchestrated by the cartel and depicted on the screens above. first, a cartel associate brokers the sale and shipment of fentanyl precursor c...

Cartels. that is one of the most brutal cartels that weve been speaking with with the dea for years. they have said that it is their number one priority at this point, jose. so again, as we await for the attorney general to come out, we understand that the doj and the dea are now charging more than two dozen cartel members, jose. >> general, give us an idea of just how global these cartels are. >> well, jose, thats the key. inside mexico, this vitally important country to us in every manner, eco...

Organizations. >> yeah, thats right, jose. many of our viewers might be familiar with el chapo well, when el chapo was taken into custody several years ago, in 2016, i believe, there was a vacuum of power. for years federal authorities have been going after el mencho. he is now known as the leader of cjng as you see there, for years the dea has been offering a $10 million reward for his capture some dea officials that ive spoken with have compared some of the tactics of cjng to isis in terms of ...

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A guatemalan based broker who purchases them on behalf of the cartel officers of the clandestine labs where the cartel manufactures fentanyl the weapons supplier who smuggles arms into mexico from the united states. leaders from the cartels security forces who terrorize communities. money launderers who enail the cartel to fund their operations and the cartels leaders known as the chipitos who are sons of the now imprisoned former head of the cartel known as el chapo. eight of those defendants a...