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alleged Sinaloa cartel financier
•December 10, 2025

Alleged Sinaloa cartel financier moved to CDMX after raid

Mexico moved alleged Sinaloa cartel financier Edgar N from Durango to Mexico City to face an extortion and money laundering probe.
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Ryan Wedding
•December 9, 2025

FBI seeks Canadian ex Olympian turned Mexico cartel boss

The FBI raised its reward to $15 million for former Olympian Ryan Wedding, accused of leading a violent cartel-linked cocaine network.
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Coahuayana car bomb
•December 8, 2025

Coahuayana car bomb raises hard questions for the FGR

President Sheinbaum wants federal prosecutors to explain why the Coahuayana car bomb case was downgraded from terrorism to organized crime.
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Cancun criminal cell
•December 8, 2025

Cancun criminal cell targeted in raid with four arrests

Four men linked to a suspected Cancun criminal cell were arrested in a joint patrol, where officers seized drugs, cash and a digital scale.
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elite cartel task force
•December 2, 2025

Mexico Launches Elite Unit Against Drug Lords

Mexico’s new UNO unit forms an elite cartel task force, using intelligence and U.S. cooperation to hunt top crime bosses nationwide.
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•November 30, 2025

Puerto Vallarta security forum doubles down on cartels

At the Puerto Vallarta security forum, Mexican and US officials vowed coordination against cartels, fentanyl trade and violence on the border.
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CJNG Cancun police killing
•November 24, 2025

Inside the CJNG Cancun police killing revenge plot

Quintana Roo’s prosecutor says a CJNG cell murdered investigator Adalberto Altamirano in Cancún as revenge for recent arrests and drug seizures.
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Operacion Frontera Norte
•November 20, 2025

Operación Frontera Norte counts 9,000 arrests so far

Operacion Frontera Norte marks a 337 million peso blow to synthetic drug labs in Sinaloa, as federal forces tally more than 9,000 arrests.
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Michoacan organized crime
•November 20, 2025

Army raid cripples major Michoacan organized crime hub

Security forces under Plan Michoacan seized chemicals, weapons and vehicles, dealing a 232 million peso blow to Michoacan organized crime.
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Mexican cartels in Europe
•November 19, 2025

Mexican cartels in Europe build labs and alliances

Police raids and EU warnings show how Mexican cartels in Europe now run labs, build alliances and shape a quieter, deadlier drug market.
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Purépecha communities under siege
•November 18, 2025

Purépecha communities under siege amid brutal cartel war

Purépecha communities under siege describe living between rival cartels and an absent state, as new security plans bypass the towns most at risk.
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Sinaloa cartel casinos
•November 13, 2025

US and Mexico corner Sinaloa cartel casinos network

US and Mexican authorities move against Sinaloa cartel casinos, freezing assets, curbing access to banks and pursuing money laundering cases.
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