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Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most being civil/internal wars . Pre-hispanic Mexico. Viceroyalty of New Spain. Independent Mexico. Key. Mexican victory. Mexican defeat. Ceasefire or other result. Ongoing conflict. See also. Mexico in World War I. List of ongoing armed conflicts.
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsSpanish conquest of the Tarascan empire ...Spain New Spain Indian auxiliariesVictory Incorporation of the territory ...Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523 – c.Spain New Spain Indian auxiliariesZoque people Chiapaneca people ...Victory Incorporation of Chiapas into the ...Spanish conquest of Guatemala (1524–1667) ...Spain New Spain Indian auxiliariesIndependent indigenous kingdoms and ...Victory Creation of the Captaincy General ...Spanish conquest of El Salvador ...Spain New Spain Indian auxiliariesIndigenous peoples of El Salvador, ...VictoryAug 26, 2019 · Christopher Minster. Updated on August 26, 2019. Mexico has been caught up numerous wars in its long history, from the conquest of the Aztecs to the country's involvement in World War Two. Here's a look at the conflicts—both internal and external—that Mexico has faced over the centuries. 01.
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Dec 16, 2010 · In 2010, the cartel wars in Mexico have produced unprecedented levels of violence throughout the country. No longer concentrated in just a few states, the violence has spread all across the northern tier of border states and along much of both the east and west coasts of Mexico.
Dec 29, 2010 · Mexico's war with drug cartels has left more than 30,000 people dead over the past four years; in 2010 in Juarez alone, more than 3,000 died. Many of those killed are involved in criminal gangs.
- Introduction
- What Drugs Do The Cartels Traffic?
- Which Are The Largest Cartels?
- What Led to The Cartels’ Growth?
- How Are Drugs Smuggled Into The United States?
- What Measures Has Mexico Taken to Stem The Drug Trade?
- What Has Been The Toll on Human Rights?
- What Assistance Has The U.S. Government provided?
Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for more than a decade, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including politicians, students, and journalists—die in the conflict every year. The country has seen more than 360,000 homicidessince 2006, when the government declared war on the cartels. The United Sta...
Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs)—sometimes referred to as transnational criminal organizations—dominate the import and distribution of cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in the United States. Mexican suppliers are responsible for most heroin and methamphetamine production, while cocaine is largely produced in Col...
Mexico’s drug cartels are in a constant state of flux. Over the decades, they have grown, splintered, forged new alliances, and battled one another for territory. The cartels that pose the most significant drug trafficking threats[PDF] to the United States, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), are: Sinaloa Cartel. Formerly l...
Experts point to both domestic and international forces. In Mexico, the cartels use a portion of their vast profits to pay off judges, officers, and politicians. They also coerce officials into cooperating; assassinations of journalists and public servants by the cartels are relatively common. Dozens of politicians were killedahead of the country’s...
Most of the illicit drugs entering the United States that are seized by authorities are discovered at official ports of entry, of which there are more than three hundred. Traffickers employ various tactics to evade detection by U.S. authorities at the border. These include hiding or disguising drugs in vehicles or maritime vessels, smuggling them i...
Recent Mexican administrations have responded to cartels primarily by deploying security forces, often spurring more violence: Felipe Calderón (2006–2012).President Calderón declared war on the cartels shortly after taking office. Over the course of his six-year term, he deployed tens of thousands of military personnel to supplement and, in many ca...
Civil liberties groups, journalists, and foreign officials have criticized the Mexican government’s war with the cartels for years, accusing the military, police, and cartels of widespread human rights violations, including torture, extrajudicial killings, and forced disappearances. More than seventy-nine thousand peoplehave disappeared since 2006,...
The United States has cooperated with Mexico on security and counternarcotics to varying degrees over the past several decades. Recent efforts have centered on the Mérida Initiative; since Presidents George W. Bush and Calderón launched the partnership[PDF] in 2007, the United States has appropriated more than $3 billion for it. This assistance has...
In early 2010 the Zetas made public their split from the Gulf Cartel and began a bloody war with the Gulf Cartel over control of northeast Mexico's drug trade routes. This war has resulted in the deaths of thousands of cartel members and suspected members.
This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle ( land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Mexico ( Mesoamerica, Aridoamerica, and Oasisamerica ); however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war...
