Mexico : Land of Drug Cartels and Drug Wars
Mexico : Land of Drug Cartels and Drug Wars
At least 60 violent deaths were reported in nine northern and central Mexican states over the weekend and monday as a result of armed conflicts between drug cartels and security forces.
According to the daily newspapers in Mexico, only in Michoacan state 23 people were killed by the drug cartels in clashes Saturday and Sunday.
The Attorney General said that the wave of killings in Michoacan was attributed to Los Caballeros Templarios drug cartel, which left various messages claiming responsibility for them.
The series of killings started after this drug gang placed in 13 municipalities on Friday various announcements against the accomplices of Jesus Mendez Vargas, an alleged successor capo of La Familia Michoacana and ally of Los Zetas.
The rest of the 35 killings also resulted from alleged actions by organized crime, between drug gangs and security forces.
Mexico : Land of Drug Cartels and Drug Wars
Most of the northern Mexican states reported violent actions by the drug cartels this weekend, in a war for control of the area bordering the United States.
Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Baja California, and Sinaloa in Mexico have seen a drug war in recent years, resulting in thousands of deaths. Drug cartel violence and dug wars in Mexico cost every year thousands of deaths and orphans.
