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The Jalisco cartel, one of the most powerful Mexican drug cartels, gave out Christmas gifts to children and adults during a parade in the western Mexico city of Guadalajara.

So too does the collateral damage. but cancun becoming an unsafe place for tourists, those ideas seem premature. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. and joining me now is the head of security research programs at the center for u.s./mexican studies at the university of california, san diego. she joins me from mexico city. i guess mexico, violence there isnt new, but it does seem extraordinary places are going on like in cancun. it shows how fearless the gangs are. why is this happening? >> thank yo...

UC San Diego Broadens Research on Complicated Escalation of Violence in Mexico The Mexico Violence Resource Project teams up with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime UC San Diego The new partnership will allow the Mexico Violence Resource Project to strengthen collaborations with photographers, artists and civil society activists to take a deeper look at violence in Tijuana and the larger Mexico region, beyond a narrative that almost exclusively focuses on narcotraffick...

UC San Diego’s U.S.-Mexico Forum 2025 Taps into Potential of Cross-Border Collaboration The Forum provides the Biden and López Obrador administrations with policy recommendations on trade and economy, energy and sustainability, strategic diplomacy, migration, and security and public health Rafael Fernandez de Castro, professor and director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. Recent world events, including the election of President Joe Biden, the global COVID-19 pandemic and more, have ma...