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Mexico Seems To Drop The Hugs And Embrace The Bullets As Cartel Violence Rages On

Claudia Sheinbaum is apparently pursuing a different strategy than her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Latin Times

Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country

For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned policy of “hugs, not bullets,” in which the country’s leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country

The Independent UK

A car bomb explodes outside a police station in western Mexico, wounding 3 officers

A car bomb left outside a police station in western Mexico has wounded three people

The Independent UK

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Mexico's president lays out a plan to combat cartel violence. But it looks like more of the same

Mexico’s new president has laid out a plan to combat drug cartel violence

The Independent UK

Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in July

The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders

The Independent UK

A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico's ruling party faces growing scandal

It was surprising when Mexico's most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July

The Independent UK

Mexico's efforts to seize US-bound fentanyl drop sharply, while seizures of meth soar

Even as Mexican-made fentanyl continues to flood into the United States, Mexico’s efforts to seize the drug have declined dramatically

The Independent UK

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Mexico's drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday's elections than before

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts

The Independent UK

Inside Scorpions drug gang that 'assumed responsibility' for deadly kidnaps in Mexico

Five men tied up and left for the police to seize as an 'apology' for the kidnappings are believed to be members of the 'Scorpions', a group known for its brutality and use of military-style tactics

Daily Mirror

Presidente López Obrador culpa a EEUU por crisis de fentanilo

El presidente mexicano insistió en que parte de la culpa de la crisis que vive Estados Unidos con el fentanilo es por la falta de políticas para atender a los consumidores.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cartel letter doesn't dull pain for Americans' families

Relatives of Americans abducted in Mexico said that a purported apology from the Mexican cartel blamed for the attack has done little to dull the pain of their loved ones being killed or wounded

The Independent UK

Mexico President Andrés López Obrador blames fentanyl crisis on U.S., denies his country produces the opioid

Despite enormous evidence to the contrary, he said: “Here, we do not produce fentanyl, and we do not have consumption of fentanyl. Why don’t they” — the United States — “take care of their problem of social decay?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Apology letter by 'Scorpions' drug gang found after Americans killed in Mexico

Five men, members of a faction of the Gulf cartel named the 'Scorpions', were reportedly turned in to authorities in Matamoros, Mexico, along with a letter allegedly assuming responsibility for the kidnapping of four Americans

Daily Mirror

Mexican president to US: Fentanyl is your problem

Mexico's president has said his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary

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Mother of disappeared person slain in Mexico, 5th in 2 years

Another mother searching for her disappeared child has been killed in Mexico, the fifth murder of a volunteer search activist in Mexico since the start of 2021

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Mexico's week of drug violence shakes administration

Days of widespread drug cartel arson and shootings in four Mexican states last week have left people asking why drug cartels exploded, and what do they want

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: 37 years later, Mexican drug lord to face justice

The capture of fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was hailed by U.S. authorities as an example of cooperation with Mexico in the fight against drugs

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture in Mexico could be signal to U.S. government

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison.

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Mexico's capture of drug kingpin could be signal to US

Mexican marines were closing in on infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero deep in the mountains of his native state of Sinaloa

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