While Mexican authorities are busy handling the national health care system, drug cartels are gaining popularity on social media through their philanthropic efforts.
While Mexican authorities are making arrangements for the country’s healthcare system, specifically for COVID-19 patients, organized crime groups are exploiting vulnerable groups by providing basic resources while at the same time resorting to extortion, kidnapping, and violence.
The global pandemic coronavirus is putting a dent to the illegal drug trade with borders closed and economies paralyzed in many countries. With drug sales plummetting, numerous cartels, especially those along the border, have made asylum seekers the new commodity.
A Mexican journalist named Victor Fernando Alvarez was found dead in the southern state of Guerrero on Saturday--more than a week after he was reported missing.
Last Wednesday, law enforcement raided and arrested several members of the notorious cartels The group suits up discreetly while putting on their protective caps and strategic rigging.
Julián LeBarón receives death threats following heated argument with the local police following his complaint about a shootout in the suburbs that the police denied having happened.
Alejandrina Giselle Guzman secretly married the nephew of another drug cartel with luxurious bulletproof cars, heavily armed men, and an expensive display of fireworks.
Following Genaro Garcia Luna's arrest last month, another former top Mexican official has been charged for accepting bribes in exchange for US investigation information to El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel.
Dangerous cities in the world due to high crime rate and violence. (Photo : Reuters) Traveling across national borders has become easier and more affordable.
Private properties in Guadalajara, Mexico create legal barriers which is taken advantage by criminals as a burying site for their victims which makes it even harder for search parties to locate their missing bodies.
