Cartel
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ANALYSIS
Mexico Captures Cartel Heir, but Violence Waits Around the Corner
The arrest of El Jardinero gives Mexico a rare security victory, but the burned vehicles in Nayarit point to a…
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ANALYSIS
Mexico Stands Firm as U.S. Unauthorized Operations Loom at the Border
Mexico's latest dispute over U.S. involvement in a deadly Chihuahua operation is not a procedural squabble. It is a test…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Watches Families Dig for Truth Where the State Falters
In Mexico, families searching for the disappeared have become investigators, excavators, and witnesses, filling a vacuum left by impunity, fear,…
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AMERICAS
Ecuador War Creeps Across Farms While Washington Calls It Deterrence
Reports from Ecuador's border suggest that what Washington calls anti-cartel support is landing as fear, bomb fragments, and trauma. Common…
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AMERICAS
Argentina Imports Trump’s Terror Playbook and Latin America Feels It
Argentina's decision to label Mexico's Jalisco cartel as a terrorist group extends beyond one criminal network. It signals a regional…
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AMERICAS
Uruguayan Fugitive Turned Soccer Fields into Stages for Cartel Power
The arrest of Sebastián Marset in Bolivia ends, at least for now, one of South America's strangest criminal performances: a…
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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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