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Mexico’s cartels use violence against women as a means of social control
Mexico’s drug cartels are often described as powerful rivals to the state, with their influence measured in weapons, money ...
5 missing musicians found dead near U.S. border in Mexico; alleged cartel members arrested
Authorities did not say why the musicians from the band Grupo Fugitivo were slain, and did not deny reports by local media ...
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STATEMENT: Supreme Court Fails To Hold Gun Industry Accountable
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Guns bought in the US and trafficked to Mexican drug cartels fuel violence in Mexico and the migration crisis
(THE CONVERSATION) The Mexican security forces tracking Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – the leader of a deadly drug cartel that has been a top driver of violence in Mexico and narcotic addiction in ...
Fire in a drug rehabilitation center in violence-plagued Mexican state kills 12, authorities say
A fire in a drug rehabilitation center killed 12 people and injured at least three others, authorities in the Mexican state of Guanajuato said Sunday.
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Dozens of minors killed in Mexico cartel infighting
Nearly 100 minors have gone missing in violence that followed the capture last July of a cartel co-founder, Oscar Loza, president of the Sinaloa State Human Rights Commission, said.