Sinaloa Cartel
According to a recent English-language report from Spain’s El País, the Chapitos faction is on its way out. Besides the pressure from the El Mayo faction, the Chapitos are being hit hard by both the Mexican and U.S. government. The Trump administration is using a carrot and stick approach to reduce the cartel. And Trump’s tariff pressure on Mexico gives the […]
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.) has released its 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment, and it paints a grim picture of the Mexican cartel threat. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 26th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
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Since last September, there has been a vicious struggle between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, which however has not stopped its lucrative business of exporting drugs to the United States. The intra-cartel war pits The violence pits one faction, led by the son of “El Mayo” Zambada against the Chapitos, sons of “El Chapo” Guzman. […]
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The ongoing war between two factions of the Sinaloa cartel, being fought in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, broke out last September 9th and continues. As of May 5th the death toll in the conflict had passed 1,2000 dead, with 1,400 missing. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 12th, 2025 on […]
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There’s been a firestorm in the media over a recent CNN interview with a Sinaloa Cartel gangster. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 7th, 2025, on Mexico News Report.
Mexican and Chinese criminals have teamed up to form a new criminal organization – the “Dragon Cartel”, which is moving the “cocaine of the sea” (the swim bladder of the endangered totoaba fish) through Vancouver and other Canadian ports in exchange for fentanyl precursor chemicals. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, […]
The ongoing havoc wrought by the Mexican drug cartels provides Mexico with an ongoing problem. How can the cartels be defeated? A recent study approaches the problem mathematically and offers a solution . It’s an interesting study and worth consideration. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published January 11th, 2024, on […]
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Since September 9th, a war between two factions of the Sinaloa cartel has been going on in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. As of December 24th, the death toll had reached 650. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published December 27th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
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On September 9th, a war broke out in between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, in the state of Sinaloa. The violence pits one faction, led by the son of “El Mayo” Zambada against the Chapitos, sons of “El Chapo” Guzman. The war shows no signs of abating. Over 1000 people have been killed or have […]
Continue reading about Mexico’s Sinaloa Intra-Cartel War Rages on, Death Toll Past 500
The violence continues in Mexico’s Sinaloa state. (For previous Mexico News Report articles on the topic, see here, here, here , here and here ). For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published November 29th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
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