Tijuana Cartel News
AMLO Security Crackdown Met With Mexico Cartel Death Threats
Two death threats were made against the president of Mexico in the same week from two different criminal groups, suggesting that the president’s strategy for confronting such groups has done little to sway their...
Tijuana Cartel Profile
Tijuana Cartel
The Tijuana Cartel, also known as the Arellano Felix Organization, is based in one of the most strategically important Mexico border cities for trafficking drugs into the United States. Due to infighting, arrests and the deaths of many top leaders, the organization is a shell of what it was in the 1990s and early 2000s, when it was considered one of Mexico's most potent and violent criminal...
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Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel Expands to Baja California: Official
Authorities in Mexico have voiced fears the Jalisco Cartel has arrived in Baja California state, the most substantial indication yet the powerful criminal...
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‘Tijuana Cartel Operators’ Captured in Bolivia
Bolivia's capture of two Peruvians who allegedly worked for the Tijuana Cartel highlights Bolivia's central role in the region's cocaine "air bridge," and raises...
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Tijuana Cartel Resurgent in Mexico: Official
Mexico's Tijuana Cartel is reportedly marshaling its forces in an attempt to gain back some of its lost glory, according to one security official, providing a look...
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Captured Peru Narco Boss Worked with Mexico’s Tijuana Cartel
Peru's National Police have arrested a man identified as one of the country's most wanted criminals and the leader of an international drug trafficking organization...
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‘Narco-Mom’ Takes Charge of Tijuana Cartel
The capture of Tijuana Cartel leader Fernando Sanchez Arellano has left his mother in charge of the Mexican drug trafficking group, a change that could herald a...
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Tijuana Cartel Leader Arrest Could Mean End of Drug Empire
Authorities in Mexico have captured the leader of the debilitated Tijuana Cartel, removing what will likely prove the last of Arellano Felix clan with the ability...
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Gunman Dressed as a Clown Kills Oldest Tijuana Cartel Brother
A gunman disguised as a clown has killed the oldest brother in the clan running Mexico's once-mighty Tijuana Cartel, raising the question: why would someone target...
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How Tijuana’s Criminal Virtuous Cycle Has Reduced Violence
A new report examines the factors behind Tijuana's relative lack of violence compared to other northern Mexico cities, and raises questions about whether the recent...
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The Current State of Mexico’s Many Drug Cartels
It is tempting to separate Mexico's drug cartels into six hierarchical groups, each competing for trafficking turf. The reality, however, is that the Sinaloa...
