[Link] The Wrong People Just Got Their Hands on an Elite Drone Unit

Read: 22/8/2023 www.thedailybeast.com

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico—One of Mexico’s most violent cartels has just created its own elite unit of drone operators, a highly trained group of sicarios dedicated to tweaking commercial drones and turning them into flying bombs to use against rival cartels and Mexican authorities, according to U.

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[Link] A Drug Cartel War Is Making Lime Prices Skyrocket in Mexico

Read: 31/1/2022 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Limes are part of Mexico’s identity. Essential companions to tequila, tacos and guacamole, they’re critical ingredients in the country’s gastronomy.  They are also a pawn in an escalating war among rival drug cartels that is driving lime prices to record levels.

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[Link] Video Shows Narco Drones Dropping Bombs As People Flee

Read: 13/1/2022 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Terrifying video footage from a narco drone dropping bombs as people scatter below has gone viral in Mexico.

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[Link] Drug Kingpin El Mencho's Wife Was Just Arrested in Mexico

Read: 17/11/2021 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Mexican authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of Rosalinda González Valencia, charged with laundering money for the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which is led by her husband, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho.

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[Link] Two Tourists Killed as Cartels Creep Into Mexico's Tulum Resort Area

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

But the October 20 killings revealed the dark underbelly of Mexico’s Riviera Maya, one that tourism officials along the vacation corridor have struggled to hide.

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