Tracking Mexico's Drug Cartels

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]