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Meta Says It Removed 40,000 Cartel Accounts in Mexico

Meta Says Cartels Are Using Social Media to Operate

Meta says cartels use social media for recruitment, extortion and fraud, showing how criminal activity in Mexico now reaches daily digital life.
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Harfuch says Acapulco cocaine haul was tied to Sinaloa

Harfuch says Acapulco cocaine haul was tied to Sinaloa

Mexico’s security chief said a two-ton cocaine seizure off Acapulco was linked to a Sinaloa Cartel faction, sharpening the case’s public focus.
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292 Drone Explosives Seized After Attack on Mexican Soldiers

292 Drone Explosives Seized After Attack on Mexican Soldiers

Authorities in the Chihuahua-Sinaloa Sierra linked nine detainees to an army attack and a seizure of 292 improvised explosives.
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How Cartels Operate Through Mexico’s Supply Chains Now

How Cartels Operate Through Mexico’s Supply Chains Now

A long-form explainer mapping how cartels embed in ports, customs, trucking, fuel and labor—and how that reshapes legal commerce.
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Mexico’s security chief says CJNG lost strength after El Mencho’s death, but federal raids and investigations are still moving forward.

After El Mencho’s Death, CJNG Is Weaker but Active

Mexico’s security chief says CJNG lost strength after El Mencho’s death, but federal raids and investigations are still moving forward.
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CJNG kept paid hackers on payroll seized records show

CJNG kept paid hackers on payroll seized records show

Seized CJNG ledgers detail payments to hackers and encrypted messaging, pointing to attempts to breach financial and federal security systems.
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Without curbing arms trafficking, another cartel boss will emerge

Without curbing arms trafficking, another cartel boss will emerge

A CIDE researcher says US-to-Mexico gun smuggling sustains cartel firepower, making succession likely after El Mencho’s death.
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How cartels pull young people into violence

How cartels pull young people into violence

Why young Mexicans join cartels for money, belonging, coercion, and online recruiting—and how violence reshapes families and towns.
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U.S. raises rewards to $5M for alleged Tijuana operators

U.S. raises rewards to $5M for alleged Tijuana operators

U.S. offers $5M each for tips leading to the arrest or conviction of two alleged Sinaloa Cartel figures tied to the Tijuana corridor.
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Mexico flags four CJNG succession suspects after Mencho

Mexico flags four CJNG succession suspects after Mencho

Mexico’s security chief says four possible CJNG successors to El Mencho are identified and under investigation after his reported killing.
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What CJNG payroll sheets suggest about lookouts and gunmen

What CJNG payroll sheets suggest about lookouts and gunmen

Documents seized in Tapalpa allegedly list CJNG payments to lookouts, gunmen, and police, offering investigators a financial map.
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Allende survivors pin hopes on the US case against Z-40

Allende survivors pin hopes on the US case against Z-40

Allende massacre survivors say US prosecutors may deliver accountability as Mexico's reparations stall and the Z-40 case advances.
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