Mexico’s Leader Vowed ‘Hugs Not Bullets,’ but the Carnage Continues The president disbanded the Federal Police and created the National Guard to tackle soaring violence, but three years later, criminal cartels have expanded their reach.
In Mexico, One Cartel Is Cleared, but Others Storm In In the state of Michoacán, small drug cartels compete with larger ones for territory, leaving the residents caught in the middle of a brutal turf war.