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Panic Erupts After Gunfire near Guadalajara Airport as Mexico Confirms Death of CJNG Boss El Mencho

Panic erupted near Guadalajara International Airport on Sunday after gunfire broke out just outside the terminal, hours after the Government of Mexico confirmed the death of CJNG cartel boss Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera. The confirmation triggered a wave of cartel violence across western Mexico, forcing flight cancellations, diversions, and highway shutdowns as CJNG gunmen torched vehicles and blocked major travel corridors.

Panic Erupts After Gunfire Near Guadalajara Airport as Mexico Confirms Death of CJNG Boss

Leaked Audio: Top Mexican Navy Officials Conspire to Cover Up Fuel Smuggling Operation

A newly leaked audio revealed how Mexico’s top naval officials talked about covering up fuel theft and smuggling operations that reached the highest levels of the military institution and were also connected at the highest levels of Mexico’s ruling party, MORENA. The fuel-smuggling operation involved the nephews of the country’s Navy secretary at the time.

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Priorities: Mexican President Sends Letter to South Korea Demands more K-Pop Concerts

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum raised eyebrows this week when she announced that she had sent a diplomatic letter to the South Korean government on Mexico’s behalf, requesting that the K-Pop group BTS perform additional concerts in Mexico. The diplomatic request comes as Mexico continues to deal with constantly rising levels of cartel violence and increasing pressure from the U.S. to stop cartels.

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Mexico Hands Over Cartel Operatives to U.S While Protecting Top Guy, ‘El Mencho’

The government of Mexico sent 37 cartel operatives to the United States this week in yet another attempt to appease the Trump administration over American claims that authorities south of the border are not doing enough to stop cartels. Despite their “peace offerings,” Mexican military and government officials continue protecting the country’s top cartel boss, Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera — the leader of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.

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Spokesman for Mexico’s Ruling Party Claims Cartels as One of Nation’s Largest Employers

A spokeswoman for Mexico’s ruling party, MORENA, sparked considerable controversy after publicly claiming that fighting organized crime is not doable because cartels are one of the country’s largest employers. In response to the outrage sparked by the comment, the MORENA party issued a statement distancing itself from it and claiming that political opponents were taking it out of context to attack them.

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Mexican President Mobilizes Diplomats to Stop Trump From Attacking Cartels in Her Country

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she ordered her country’s top diplomat to speak with the highest levels of the U.S. government to work on improving binational coordination in order to keep U.S. forces from carrying out direct attacks against cartels inside Mexico. This appears to be her latest effort to protect the violent drug trafficking cartels that exert political influence at every level of her country.

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Mexican Senate Leader Outed as Cartel Enabler by Opposition Party in Letter to U.S. Federal Authorities

Senator Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, head of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), publicly accused MORENA Senate Coordinator Adán Augusto López of enabling cartel operations while serving as interior secretary and governor of Tabasco. He announced Tuesday that his party had formally asked U.S. federal agencies to investigate López’s alleged role in fuel smuggling, money laundering, and organized crime.

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New Scandal Links Mexico’s Top Political Elite to Drug Cartels

As Mexico attempts to appease the Trump administration and avoid a series of tariffs over “not doing enough” to eradicate drug cartels, a new scandal surfaced that ties the top political elite in Mexico with one of the country’s most violent drug cartels. That cartel was labeled this year by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization.

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Mexican Government Deploys Large ‘Security Operations,’ Avoids Entering Cartel Controlled Areas

Mexican authorities continue pushing a PR campaign on both the state and federal levels aimed at painting an embellished image that Mexico is fighting against organized crime. While government officials are busy announcing large deployments of police and military forces, as well as highlighting the arrests of minor criminals and portraying suspicious seizures as trophies, in reality, cartel bosses continue to operate with relative impunity.

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Mexican Cartel Connected Banks Feeling Pressure from Trump Admin

The recent sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on two banks in Mexico and a brokerage firm sparked widespread controversy and speculations about the future of financial institutions in a country where even the White House has previously accused top Mexican government officials of having an intolerable relationship with drug cartels.

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Mexican Government Rushes to Defend Cartel-Connected Banks Targeted for Sanctions by U.S. Treasury Department

Mexico’s government is rushing to the aid of two Mexican-based banks and a brokerage firm that the U.S. Department of the Treasury accused of working with various cartels to launder money or helping them move money to China to pay for fentanyl precursors. Mexican officials questioned the validity of the Treasury Department’s sanctions, stating that the claims lack sufficient evidence to support the allegations.

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