This does, however, provide seniors who cannot obtain or afford medications in the United States some options. Media caption Mexico's drug war: Has it turned the tide?. Be aware that the laws and guidelines under which U.S. Customs Agents operate change frequently and without notice. This includes a 13% increase for prevention and almost a 4% increase for treatment. Los Zetas have a line of succession when leaders are arrested or killed, but the problem is that most of these replacements are younger, less-experienced members who are likely to resort to violence to maintain their reputation.Torres Félix, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel was killed in a gunbattle with the Mexican Army in the community of Oso Viejo in After the shootout, the military confiscated several stashes of weapons, ammunition, and other materials.Prior to his death, Torres Félix was a key figure and major drug trafficker for It is often not clear what deaths are part of the Mexican Drug War versus general criminal The Mexican attorney general's office has claimed that 9 of 10 victims of the Mexican Drug War are members of organized-crime groups,By January 2007, these various operations had extended to the states of Guerrero as well as the so-called "Seizures and arrests have jumped since Calderón took office in December 2006, and Mexico has extradited more than 100 people wanted in the U.S.On July 10, 2008, the Mexican government announced plans to nearly double the size of its On July 16, 2008, the Mexican Navy intercepted a 10-meter long One escalation in this conflict is the traffickers' use of new means to claim their territory and spread fear. The U.S. authorities are reporting a spike in killings, kidnappings and home invasions connected to Mexico's cartels, and at least 19 Americans were killed in 2008.The Mexican government responded negatively to the U.S. government raising the prospect of Mexico becoming a failed state.Meanwhile, in March 2009, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that it was considering using the In March 2009, the Obama administration outlined plans to redeploy more than 500 federal agents to border posts and redirect $200 million to combat smuggling of illegal drugs, money and weapons.In October 2013, two former federal agents and an ex-CIA contractor told an American television network that CIA operatives were involved in the kidnapping and murder of Despite the fact that Mexican drug cartels and their Colombian suppliers generate, launder and remove $18 billion to $39 billion from the United States each year,In FY2011, the Obama administration requested approximately $5.6 billion to support demand reduction. "In 2006, federal and state authorities seized over 550,000 marijuana plants worth an estimated 1 billion dollars in A 2018 study found that the reduction in drugs from Colombia contributed to Mexican drug violence. Het bekendste vooral eind jaren 80 zijn de gevechten na de arrestatie van Op 26 april vonden er gevechten plaats tussen de Tijuana- en Sinaloakartels waarbij 17 mensen omkwamen.
Over the decades, they have grown, splintered, forged alliances, and battled one another for territory.

Under the leadership of In early 2010 the Zetas made public their split from the Gulf Cartel and began a bloody war with The Zetas are notorious for targeting civilians, including the mass murder of 72 migrants in the The Zetas involved themselves in more than drug trafficking and have also been connected to In recent times, Los Zetas have experienced severe fragmentation and seen its influence diminish.La Familia Michoacana was a major Mexican drug cartel based in In 2009–10, a counter-narcotics offensive by Mexican and U.S. government agencies produced the arrest of at least 345 suspected La Familia members in the U.S., and the incorrectly presumed deathIn February 2010, La Familia forged an alliance with the Gulf Cartel against Los Zetas and After the emergence of the Knights Templar, sizable battles flared up during the spring and summer months between the Knights Templar and La Familia.Alliances or agreements between drug cartels have been shown to be fragile, tense and temporary.