Throughout 2025, Mexican authorities have delivered major blows to drug trafficking organizations, with millions of pounds of drugs and precursor chemicals seized, as well as dozens of arrests of high-ranking cartel members.
Those operations have reshaped the balance of power in Mexico's criminal landscape, with the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) positioning itself as the country's strongest criminal organization, as the internal war between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza has weakened the structure of what was once known as the Sinaloa cartel.
