Recruiters for Mexican criminal groups sway prospective members with promises of social belonging, according to a new study that highlights the omnipresence of criminal groups in the lives of the …
La Unión Tepito
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La Unión Tepito takes its name from the notorious Mexico City neighborhood of Tepito, where it began.
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As COVID-19 threatened the well-being of the populations they depend on for criminal income, it was largely in the interest of criminal groups to try and keep the pandemic under …
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Analysis
Going Door to Door: Mexico City’s Response To Child Recruitment
by Mason Garciaby Mason GarciaOfficials in Mexico City have launched a new program which will seek to impede criminal networks from recruiting minors across its Historic Center, suggesting the capital’s government is taking an …
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Despite having long played down the presence of the powerful Jalisco Cartel in Mexico City, a series of recent moves are making such denials increasingly pointless.
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The recent discovery of drug tunnels confirms how Mexico City’s largest market continues to attract criminal groups, competing to dominate a range of illicit businesses there.
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It was March 2020, not long after fear of the coronavirus began spreading across the Americas, when several major criminal groups started employing their own form of a lockdown.
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AnalysisCriminal News
Attempt to Kill Mexico City’s Top Cop Puts Jalisco Cartel in Crossfire
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerThe ambush of Mexico City’s police chief by heavily armed gunmen has been described by authorities as a failed assassination attempt by the powerful Jalisco Cartel, renewing doubts about the …
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Analysis
Why the Jalisco Cartel Does Not Dominate Mexico’s Criminal Landscape
by Sabra Bozychby Sabra BozychMedia headlines and US indictments have confidently proclaimed the Jalisco Cartel to be Mexico’s dominant criminal group. But while it is certainly one of the country’s principal national security threats, …
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AnalysisCriminal News
Coronavirus Affects Extortion Payments in Mexico and Central America
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerThe measures in the fight against the coronavirus in Central America have caused two starkly different reactions from criminal groups, some are continuing to extort local populations while others have …