September 13, - A murdered man and woman are found hanging from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo. Near their mutilated bodies is a sign saying they were killed for denouncing drug cartel activities on a social media site. The sign also threatens to kill others who post "funny things on the internet. January 4, - Benjamin Arellano Felix, a former leader of Mexico's Tijuana drug cartel, pleads guilty to charges of racketeering and conspiracy to launder money. January 11, - The office of Mexico's Attorney General releases a statement saying that nearly 13, people were killed in drug violence between January and September August 31, - Eduardo Arellano Felix, an alleged senior member of a Tijuana-based drug cartel, is extradited from Mexico to the United States.
Arellano Felix was arrested on October 25, , after a gun battle with Mexican forces. He is later sentenced to 15 years in US prison. September 3, - In his final state of the nation address, President Calderon defends his government's approach to combating crime and drugs and criticizes the United States for providing criminals with almost "unlimited access" to weapons.
September 27, - Mexican marines capture and arrest a man claiming to be Ivan Velazquez-Caballero, alias "El Taliban. After pleading guilty In , Velazquez-Caballero is sentenced to 30 years in prison in October 9, - Mexican authorities confirm that Mexican marines killed Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, leader of the Zetas cartel, in a shootout on October 7.
Lazcano's body was stolen from a funeral home on October 8, but authorities had already taken fingerprints and photographs to confirm his identity. August 20, - Mario Ramirez-Trevino, ranking member of the Gulf cartel and also known as "X," is captured in Reynosa, a city in Tamaulipas state.
He was one of the leaders and main founders of La Familia Michoacana cartel. This is the second time Mexican officials have claimed Moreno is dead. They also announced his death in In , US authorities announce additional charges against Carrillo Fuentes including "running a continuing criminal enterprise" and other related crimes.
He has remained in Mexican custody since his arrest while authorities continue to seek his extradition to the US. July 11, - "El Chapo" escapes through a hole in his cell block that led to a tunnel nearly a mile long. Guzman previously escaped from prison in in a laundry cart and eluded authorities for more than a dozen years until his capture in January 8, - Mexican security forces arrest Guzman in Sinaloa. While on the run, he met with actor Sean Penn in October for an interview published in Rolling Stone.
January 29, - A cross-border raid by US and Mexican law enforcement officials results in the arrest of 24 Sinaloa cartel members. The sting also netted weapons and hundreds of pounds of narcotics. In , Leyva is sentenced to life in prison. March 14, - Veracruz State Attorney General Jorge Winckler confirms that a mass grave containing more than human skulls has been uncovered.
The remains appear to be victims of organized crime violence killed in recent years. December 19, - The US Department of Justice announces the extradition from Mexico to the US of two alleged former Mexican drug cartel leaders -- Ramirez-Trevino, alleged former leader of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, and an associate of Guzman, Victor Manuel Felix-Felix, alleged leader of a Mexican money laundering and cocaine trafficking organization.
Murders occur daily in Fresnillo, a city that mixes the local offices of major mining companies with farmers working the bean fields. He said he has not been directly threatened, but he has the same fear as everyone. There are more than , guardsmen deployed in the Mexico, plus the military, yet the violence continues apace. More troops would be welcome in Zacatecas, though the effectiveness of their patrols is debated.
But a resident from the same area had a different hope for peace: that one cartel wins soon. Sections U.
Science Technology Business U. A Mexican state suffers bloody fallout of cartel rivalry. Full Coverage: Photography. Almost two-thirds 64 percent reported physical violence at the time of arrest, including electric shocks, choking, and smothering. In its review of Mexico, the UN Committee Against Torture reported that of 3, torture complaints in , only eight resulted in an arrest and trial. The committee expressed concern at reports that courts routinely fail to investigate torture allegations.
Since , enforced disappearances by security forces have been a widespread problem. Criminal organizations have also been responsible for many disappearances. The government reported more than 75, people disappeared, as of November —the vast majority from onwards. Since then, the government has created an online platform to allow people to report disappearances anonymously and to show real-time statistics on the number of people disappeared, excluding personally identifying information.
However, prosecutors and police neglect to take even basic investigative steps to identify those responsible for enforced disappearances, often telling families of the missing to investigate on their own. The CNB reported that over 7, people disappeared in Officials have conceded that more than 26, bodies remain unidentified.
In , the National Search Commissioner created a national forensic assessment to address obstacles to identifying and storing bodies. Following demands by families, the government also created an Extraordinary Mechanism of Forensic Identification to identify bodies.
In August , the government recognized the jurisdiction of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to consider cases in Mexico, as recommended by a number of UN member-states during its Universal Periodic Review.
Families of victims will be able to submit cases to the committee once they have exhausted their legal options domestically. In November , the UN Human Rights Committee expressed concern about reports of extrajudicial killings by the military and police, and impunity for such cases.
Although the Defense Ministry said it stopped registering numbers of civilians the military killed, as of , civil society organizations said in that declarations by the minister indicate the information exists. In , high-profile incidents of civilians dying in police custody prompted protests. In one incident, in the state of Jalisco, a man died after police detained him for not wearing a face mask in accordance with Covid response measures.
Journalists and human rights defenders—particularly those who criticize public officials or expose the work of criminal cartels—often face attacks, harassment, and surveillance by government authorities and criminal groups. There is evidence that digital surveillance is being deployed in public spaces without legal frameworks or oversight in ways that can have a chilling effect on freedom of assembly and the work of human rights defenders and journalists.
Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, on par with war zones like Syria and Afghanistan in terms of number of journalists killed, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders say. In , journalists registered threats, attacks, or other forms of aggression—reportedly the highest year on record. Authorities routinely fail to investigate crimes against journalists adequately, often preemptively ruling out their profession as a motive.
In the face of uninvestigated violence, many journalists self-censor. And because the capitalist system thrives on the proliferation of strife in general and the marketing of superficial non-solutions to problems, the US response to the narco-showdown it created across its southern border has been to throw heaps of money at corrupt and violent Mexican security forces who are often in bed with — who else?
Now, the array of armed groups continues to expand, and they have also diversified their activities to encompass everything from fuel theft and migrant trafficking to contraband cigarette sales and Fentanyl pill production. Again, the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice study lists only cities that do not fall within official war zones.
But as luck would have it, plenty of equipment designed for use in war regularly inundates Mexican territory from — you guessed it — the US.
Another Washington Post article from last year observes that the.
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