The following analysis is part of Global Guardian's 2023 Risk Assessment Map. To explore and download the map, click here. IMPACT The drug war in Mexico is one of the most violent conflicts on the planet with cartel activity permeating through many levels of the Mexican economy and society....
Added map of drug cartel locations. Maren Goldberg Feb 03, 2010 Geologic time data updated. Maren Goldberg Sep 17, 2009 Added photograph. Amy Tikkanen Aug 17, 2009 Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel - Mexico. Grace Young Apr 21, 2009 Added mention of escalating drug vio...
DEA-Mexican cartel influence in USAFigure 1 (click map to enlarge) shows the distribution of DEA Field Offices. The pie chart for each office shows “the percentage of cases attributed to specific Mexican cartels in an individual DEA office area of responsibility”....
of the cartel, shielding members from arrest and providing aid as it shipped more than 1 million kilograms (2.2 million pounds) of cocaine through mexico into the united states, prosecutors said. "it is difficult to overstate the magnitude of the defendant's crimes, the deaths ...
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Drug cartel turf battles cut off a series of towns in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico’s president acknowledged Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the cartels have cut of...
"Even the cruelest policies, like what Greg Abbott is attempting in Texas, are not as harsh as daily life right now in places like Haiti, the slums of Venezuela, or in Mexico's cartel combat zones," Isacson said. "No U.S. policy should try to emulate that level of human misery."...
The Gulf cartel, based in the eastern state of Tamaulipas, went to battle with the family, sending in its paramilitary force, the Zetas. Advertisement Formed in the late 1990s by deserters of an elite Mexican army unit, the Zetas embraced a new philosophy when it came to the drug trade. ...
IDPs: 338,000 (government's quashing of Zapatista uprising in 1994 in eastern Chiapas Region; drug cartel violence and government's military response since 2007; violence between and within indigenous groups) (2018)stateless persons: 13 (2018) Illicit drugs major drug-producing and transit ...
HOW TO USE THIS MAP: Above you’ll find a map of highlights in Tulum, Mexico. Click on the top left of the map to find separate layers marking the route and points of interest. You can hide and show different layers, or click icons on the map to see the names of places I mention...
The reality is, most of the issues in Chihuahua are cartel-related and unless you’re doing something naughty that puts you in the middle of that, you’re not likely going to have any issues. Creel is a safe town as it draws in a lot of tourists via the Copper Canyon. Be sensible:...