Mexican Drug War

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The Mexican Drug War is a prolonged, violent conflict between the Mexican state and powerful drug trafficking organizations, marked by widespread cartel violence, military deployments, and severe humanitarian impacts across Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
drug war
internal conflict
cause competition between drug cartels
drug trafficking
organized crime
state crackdown on drug cartels
characterizedBy beheadings
enforced disappearances
extortion
human rights abuses
kidnappings
mass killings
militarization of public security
widespread violence
conflictType asymmetric warfare
low-intensity conflict
country Mexico
governmentPolicy kingpin strategy
use of military for public security tasks
hasParticipant Beltrán Leyva Cartel NERFINISHED
Federal Police of Mexico NERFINISHED
Gulf Cartel NERFINISHED
Jalisco New Generation Cartel NERFINISHED
Juárez Cartel NERFINISHED
Knights Templar Cartel NERFINISHED
La Familia Michoacana NERFINISHED
Los Zetas NERFINISHED
Mexican Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Mexican Army NERFINISHED
Mexican Navy NERFINISHED
Mexican government NERFINISHED
Sinaloa Cartel NERFINISHED
Tijuana Cartel NERFINISHED
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration NERFINISHED
United States government NERFINISHED
drug cartels
impact corruption in law enforcement
erosion of rule of law
high homicide rates in Mexico
humanitarian crisis in some regions
internal displacement
initiatedBy Felipe Calderón administration NERFINISHED
location Mexico NERFINISHED
notableEvent 2006 deployment of Mexican Army to Michoacán
capture of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
mass graves discoveries in northern Mexico
objective dismantling drug cartels
reducing drug trafficking
restoring public security
opponent Mexican state
drug trafficking organizations
relatedTo Central American drug trafficking
United States War on Drugs NERFINISHED
War on Drugs NERFINISHED
startTime 2006
December 2006
status ongoing (as of early 2020s)
supportedBy Mérida Initiative NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
timePeriod 21st century

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Armed Forces of Mexico engagedIn Mexican Drug War