Mexican drug war - Wikipedia
WEBBy the end of President Felipe Calderón's administration (December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2012), the official death toll of the Mexican drug war was at least 60,000. Estimates set the death toll above 120,000 killed by 2013, not including 27,000 missing.
The Staggering Death Toll of Mexico’s Drug War - PBS
WEBLast week, the Mexican government released new data showing that between 2007 and 2014 — a period that accounts for some of the bloodiest years of the nation’s war against the drug cartels — more...
A New Toll in Mexico’s Drug War: More Than 61,000 Vanished
WEBJan 6, 2020 · Alan Ortega/Reuters. By Paulina Villegas. Jan. 6, 2020. More than 61,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Mexico in recent years, government officials announced on Monday, a drastic...
Mexico marks grim death toll in long-running drug war
WEBApr 9, 2021 · The grim and growing toll of disappeared in Mexico’s 15-year-old ongoing drug war has reached 85,000, according to the government. By James Blears – Mexico City Billboards on street corners, stretching along the winding passageways of the metro system or clinging to telegraph polls, show the fading photos of thousands of faces, mostly young ...
Mexico's drug war leaves 39,000 unidentified bodies in its morgues ...
WEBTue 22 Sep 2020 16.05 EDT. Mexico’s militarised crackdown on organised crime has left nearly 39,000 unidentified bodies in the country’s morgues, which are often unable to handle the volume...
Mexico’s new drug war is more deadly than past violence
WEBAug 30, 2019 · COATZACOALCOS, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s drug war appears to be back — and it may be worse this time around than in the bloody years of the …
Mexico's president vowed to end the drug war. Instead he's …
WEBAug 19, 2022 · (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) To make their case they point to the soaring death toll in the years since 2006, when then-President Felipe Calderón first called on the military to help...
A decade of murder and grief: Mexico’s drug war turns ten
WEBDec 12, 2016 · Daniel Becerril/Retuers. The death toll far exceeds the 103,000 civilians killed in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq between 2007 and 2014. By 2012, Mexico’s homicide rate was among the...
How a crucial U.S.-Mexico alliance fell apart as fentanyl took off ...
WEBDec 12, 2022 · How a crucial U.S.-Mexico alliance fell apart as fentanyl took off - Washington Post. Cartel Fentanyl’s deadly surge. They call him the Eagle: How the U.S. lost a key ally in Mexico as...
Mexico's war on drugs: More than 60,000 people 'disappeared'
WEBJan 6, 2020 · Reuters. A sign reads: "We do not tolerate nor accept drug cartels in our territory" at a checkpoint in Mexico. More than 60,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since the start of the...
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