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La Nueva Familia Michoacana

criminal — cartel (Mexico)

2 items across 2 editions  ·  last active 23 Oct 26

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No. 115 · Friday, 23 October 2026

Argentina lists the Sinaloa Cartel, La Nueva Familia Michoacana, the ELN, FARC dissidents and Los Tiguerones as terrorist entities

Transnational Organized CrimeArgentinaMexicoColombiaEcuador
So what?  Argentine banks and exchange houses can now freeze cartel-linked funds, which makes the country a harder place to park proceeds or buy precursors. The test is whether the financial intelligence unit issues freezes soon, which would show the listing is operational rather than declaratory.
Sources: CTV News · News.az (22–23 Oct 2026)
No. 9 · Thursday, 9 July 2026

Cartel drone attacks besiege a Guerrero village as Mexico's security forces focus on the World Cup

Transnational Organized CrimeMexico
So what?  Cartels are reading the World Cup security drawdown as an opening, and Guerrero's mountains are exactly the kind of thinly covered terrain where that plays out first. Expect other cartel-contested municipalities outside the host cities to test the same gap over the tournament's remaining weeks.

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