An inside look at mexico’s sinaloa cartel. since 2018, eduardo giralt brun has been trying to understand the psyche of the foot soldiers in the criminal group. his work has led to two documentaries and a book of photography that challenge the glamorous tv depictions of narco culture. members of the sinaloa cartel in a photograph included in. The us drug enforcement agency (dea) has been targeting the sinaloa cartel since 1985, when the drug organization was accused of murdering undercover dea agent kiki camarena. these efforts have continued in the midst of the opioid crisis in the us, which claimed more than 100,000 lives in just one year.
The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. gangs in mexico depend on controlling local police chiefs, and taking a share of municipal budgets; national politics appear to interest them less. Organised crime and violence are hardly new to mexico. the country’s first cocaine cartel formed in the early 1980s. a quarter of a century later, conservative president felipe calderón. U.s. says it 'infiltrated' the sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl. new u.s. justice department indictments contain this image of armed gang members allegedly associated with the. Updated 2:14 pm pdt, march 22, 2024. mexico city (ap) — mexico’s president said friday he won’t fight mexican drug cartels on u.s. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs. over the years, president andrés manuel lópez obrador has laid out various justifications for his “hugs, not bullets” policy.
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