Tracking Mexico's Drug Cartels Timeline

May 16 2013
Understanding Pena Nieto's Approach to the Cartels
Mexico is taking a more holistic approach to the cartel problem but will not abandon the use of force against cartels.
May 15 2013
Mexico Security Memo: A New Conflict in Northern Sinaloa
A group with unclear allegiances appears to be responsible for escalating violence in the state.
May 07 2013
Mexico Security Memo: Challenges to the Knights Templar in Michoacan
The cartel is in conflict with self-defense groups as well as the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
May 02 2013
Evolving U.S.-Mexico Relations and Obama's Visit
Future cooperation between the two countries will focus heavily on bilateral economic possibilities.
May 01 2013
Mexico Security Memo: Renewed Violence in Central Chihuahua State
The region is endangered by its proximity to drug routes and to turf wars.
Apr 24 2013
Mexico Security Memo: Torreon Leader Arrested, Violence in Tijuana
The arrest of the leader of a local criminal group is unlikely to reduce violence in Torreon.
Apr 18 2013
Mexico's Drug War: Balkanization Leads to Regional Challenges
The trend toward polarization, with the cartel landscape largely split between the Sinaloa Federation and Los Zetas, has been reversed.
Apr 17 2013
Mexico Security Memo: Rising Violence in Cancun
The Gulf cartel appears to be continuing its push into the popular tourist destination.
Apr 10 2013
Mexico Security Memo: More Signs of the Sinaloa Federation in Tamaulipas
Narcomantas suggest the group may again be seeking to control Nuevo Laredo.
Apr 04 2013
Mexican Cartels: Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion
Apr 03 2013
Mexico Security Memo: Implications of a Gulf Cartel Consolidation
Though intercartel violence could drop, renewed fighting may erupt as Gulf rivals pursue their interests.
Apr 02 2013
Mexican Cartels: The Gulf Cartel

Overview

Violence related to Mexican drug cartels -- more accurately termed "criminal cartels," given their expanded role in various criminal enterprises -- has reached record levels in Mexico. Despite increased security operations ordered by former Mexican President Felipe Calderon in December 2006, the cartels continue to operate throughout the country.

Key Analysis

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