| Mexican Drug War | ||||||||
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| Part of the War on Drugs | ||||||||
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Mexican soldiers during a confrontation in Michoacán in August 2007 |
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
Civilians' .
Supported by: Guerrilla groups: |
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Supported by: MS-13 The Office of Envigado (semi-defunct) Los Urabeños Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos 'Ndrangheta |
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Community Police leaders (with official support from the government as of Jan 28. 2014): José Manuel Mireles Valverde (POW) Hipólito Mora Estanislao Beltrán Alberto Gutiérrez (aka. Comandante 5) |
Ismael Zambada García (Fugitive) Joaquín Guzmán Loera (POW) Juan José Esparragoza Moreno (Fugitive) Homero Cárdenas Guillén (possibly dead) Ignacio Coronel Villarreal † Antonio Cárdenas Guillén † Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez (POW) Nazario Moreno González † |
Omar Treviño Morales (POW) Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano † Miguel Treviño Morales (POW) Arturo Beltrán Leyva † Héctor Beltrán Leyva (POW) Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano (POW) Isidro Esparza (POW) Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (POW) |
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| Strength | ||||||||
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+100,000 individuals | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
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Mexico:
United States:
Other:
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12,456 cartel members confirmed killed 121,199 cartel members detained 8,500 cartel members convicted |
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Total homicides attributable to organized crime: 56,000-90,000+ (various estimates): 83,191 during Felipe Calderon's administration; 23,640 in the first 14 months of Enrique Peña Nieto's administration
Total displaced: 1.6 million (as of 2012) |
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Civilians' .
Supported by:
United States