At least 14 people were killed in a clash between the gunmen and members of a small farming community in central Mexico, an episode that the state authorities cast as a gang extortion attempt that backfired.
Tag: Drug Cartels
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U.S. Moves to Crack Down on Money Behind Fentanyl Trade
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen will travel to Mexico this week for talks on countering illicit finance and fentanyl.
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Telling the Truth About Mexico, and Dying for It
Drug violence and government corruption have put the country’s journalists in peril. In one town, reporters tried to fight back.
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Miriam Rodriguez Battles a Mexican Cartel to Find Her Daughter
Karen Rodriguez was kidnapped by Mexico’s Zeta cartel. Her mother would stop at nothing to find out exactly what happened to her.