A drug cartel is a criminal organization composed of independent drug lords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade. Drug cartels …

Oct 24, 2019 · Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. These cartels control vast areas of the …

A cartel is an organization formed by producers to limit competition and increase prices by creating artificial shortages through low production quotas, stockpiling, and marketing quotas. …

Jan 21, 2025 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s executive order moving toward designating drug cartels as foreign …

Cartels have engaged in kidnapping, ransom, murder, robbery, and extortion of migrants traveling from Central America through Mexico on their way to the United States and Canada. Cartels …

Jan 28, 2025 · Explaining the cartels' operation, the report stated: “One recent study of synthetic-drug trafficking in Latin America found that the CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel buy and move …

Jan 25, 2025 · drug cartel, an illicit consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition and control the production and distribution of illegal drugs. Drug cartels are …

Jan 24, 2024 · Drug cartels based in Central and South America are responsible for bringing illegal drugs into the US. Learn about the top 5 drug cartels.

Jan 20, 2025 · The Cartels functionally control, through a campaign of assassination, terror, rape, and brute force nearly all illegal traffic across the southern border of the United States. In …

Mexican drug cartels, which currently threaten the national security of our Mexican neighbors, pose an organized crime threat to the United States, and are responsible for the scourge of …