Tracking Mexico's Drug Cartels

Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
September 2, 2008 2209 GMT
The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents.(With New Stratfor Interactive Map) [more]
A U.S. Border Patrol agent along the US-Mexico border in El Paso
The El Paso Police Department reportedly has received credible information that Mexican drug cartels have authorized their members to conduct targeted killings in the United States. [more]
Mexican President Felipe Calderon
August 26, 2008 2147 GMT
Mexican President Felipe Calderon's war on the drug cartels has further weakened one of his party's political rivals. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
August 25, 2008 2110 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
August 18, 2008 2148 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
August 11, 2008 2217 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
August 4, 2008 2110 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
July 28, 2008 2035 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
A man boards up windows ahead of Hurricane Dolly July 22 in Brownsville, Texas
The threat posed by Hurricane Dolly's landfall near the U.S.-Mexican border exacerbates the already dangerous security situation there. [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
July 21, 2008 2227 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Arms seized in Mexican police operations against drug-trafficking are displayed in 2007
After a short spate of relative calm, the wars between Mexico’s drug cartels and the government have been ratcheting up again — and there are indications that someone may be circulating rumors in an attempt to capture Washington’s attention. [more]
A Man Walks by a Suspected Cartel Safe House in Culiacan in June
Evidence indicating suspected drug traffickers used butane canisters to detonate a car suggests the cartels have adopted improvised incendiary devices in their increasingly brutal struggles. [more]
U.S. Border Patrol agents on patrol in California
Violence between drug traffickers and U.S. Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexican border has increased 22 percent so far this year -- but that growth is slower than the increase in violent incidents seen in 2007.(With Stratfor map). [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
July 14, 2008 2122 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
July 7, 2008 2230 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Terrorism Intelligence Report
An assault in Phoenix by Mexican cartel hit men should signal to U.S. law enforcement that additional attacks of a similar nature are likely to continue to extend onto American soil, particularly as violence in Mexico escalates. [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
June 30, 2008 2257 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
June 23, 2008 2318 GMT
Violence related to the drug trade is rampant in Mexico, where gunmen are every bit as brutal as the death squads in Iraq. The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents. (With Stratfor interactive map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
June 16, 2008 2330 GMT
The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents.(With Stratfor Interactive Map) [more]
Graphic for Mexico Security Memo
June 9, 2008 2105 GMT
The Mexico Security Memo is a weekly summary report concerning instability and key incidents.(With Stratfor Interactive Map) [more]