Cartel
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SPORTS
Mexico Bets on World Cup Calm While Mencho Fallout Spreads
With the 2026 World Cup three months away, Mexico insists its thirteen matches are safe. After the killing of cartel…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Pursued El Mencho Using a Romantic Partner and U.S. Intelligence in a High-Risk Mountain Raid
A predawn raid in Mexico’s mountains resulted in the death of El Mencho, the country’s most wanted cartel leader, following…
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AMERICAS
Mexico’s El Mencho Dead and Cartels Torch Roads in Fury
After Mexico announced it had killed cartel leader El Mencho, fires and roadblocks appeared in at least 13 states. The…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Mexico And Michoacán Reckoning Test Sheinbaum As Cartels Tax Avocados
In Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum inherits Michoacán’s orchard wars, where cartels treat avocados and lemons like cash registers. After killings in…
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AMERICAS
Jalisco Cartel’s European Franchise Falls In Peaky Blinders Bust Operation
Spanish police, backed by the DEA and Dutch authorities, quietly dismantled a Jalisco New Generation Cartel "office" in Europe, seizing…
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ANALYSIS
Unanswered Questions Still Surround U.S. Strike on Venezuelan Vessel
A week after U.S. forces blew up a boat in international waters near Venezuela, killing eleven, the government's account remains…
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AMERICAS
Mexican Cartel War Moves to the U.S. as DEA Intensifies Local Operations
In late August, U.S. agents launched a synchronized strike against the Sinaloa cartel. Over five days, they seized millions in…
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SPORTS
Mexico’s Guadalajara Faces Shadowed Disappearances Before the World Cup Global Spotlight
Next year's World Cup will bring roaring crowds to Mexico's Guadalajara, a tech hub with a volcano-shaped stadium ready to…
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ANALYSIS
Venezuelan Suns Under Siege as Terror Label Rewrites the Map
The U.S. decision to classify Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization has transformed a long-shadowed allegation into…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Case Unravels Cartel Empire from Tennessee Crash to Kingpins
What started as a car crash in a quiet Tennessee town exploded into a coast-to-coast dragnet stretching to Michoacán—exposing a…
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