Verkkowithin a few years, he became one of the deadliest assassins in the mexican state of morelos, an instrument of the cartels tearing the nation apart. Rival cartels are at war with each other in. Twenty seven years ago, the kidnap, torture and murder of a us drug enforcement administration agent by mexican drug. The inability of the mexican state to effectively fight against organized crime and to counter the territorial control of entire regions by criminal cartels has led. Verkkoin recent years, tens of thousands of people have died due to fighting between drug cartels in mexico. The chart uses data from the uppsala conflict. Verkkoin the latest mexican cartel violence, 19 bodies were found around a dump truck in chiapas state, officials say, part of a gang war for drug and migrant. Verkkoeleven young people gunned down by criminals who shot up a holiday party. The recent attacks — all in the past month — are the latest in a string. Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence.
