Why the Mexican president refuses to restart the drug war despite mayor’s assassination

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new "war on drugs" as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who ...

Mexican mayor who waged war on cartels is slain while celebrating Day of the Dead

Michoacán state Mayor Carlos Manzo, who called for a take-no-prisoners approach to Mexico's drug cartels, is slain while ...
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Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum Says Previous Administrations Helped Fuel Cartel Violence: 'The War on Drugs Failed'

President Sheinbaum stressed that violence should not be answered with more violence and said that actions must remain within ...

Bold Assassinations Are ‘Reality Check’ in Mexico’s Cartel Fight

The murder of Mexico’s most vocal anti-crime mayor shows that, despite President Claudia Sheinbaum’s crackdown on drug cartels, the battle is just beginning.
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A cartel war bleeding Sinaloa dry: homicides rise 400% in the year after the fall of ‘El Mayo’

August 10 was, for many in Mexico, a quiet Sunday like any other. But in Sinaloa – a northwestern state facing the Pacific – it was no ordinary Sunday. That day, 17 homicides were committed: one every ...
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As brutal cartel war rages, Mexicans fear Trump strikes

Trump has declared war on Latin American drug traffickers and declared the Sinaloa Cartel a "terrorist" organisation. He has sent several warships toward nearby Venezuela, accusing the government ...