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Analysis / September 25, 2013
The Current State of Mexico's Many Drug Cartels
It is tempting to separate Mexico's drug cartels into six hierarchical groups, each competing for trafficking turf. The reality, however, is that the Sinaloa...
Brief / August 20, 2013
The Tijuana Cartel is Dead: US
The United States has declared the end of Mexico's once mighty Tijuana Cartel following the sentencing of kingpin Eduardo Arellano Felix to 15 years in prison...
Mexico / August 2, 2013
The Tijuana Cartel, also known as the Arellano Felix Organization, is based in one of the most strategically important Mexico border cities for trafficking drugs...
Analysis / July 29, 2013
What We Can Learn from a Captured Tijuana Capo's Testimony
A newly leaked declaration from a former leader of the Tijuana Cartel offers insight into the operations of what was once among Mexico's foremost criminal...
Brief / May 6, 2013
Sinaloa Cartel Members Rank as Tijuana's Most Wanted
In one indication of how much the conflict in Tijuana has evolved since 2009, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a new poster identifying the six...
Analysis / April 14, 2013
Baja California: A Test for Mexico's Pax-Mafioso?
In one indication that the Sinaloa Cartel may be wary of attracting federal government attention back to Tijuana, one of the cartel's top leaders reportedly told...
Analysis / March 31, 2013
How Mexico's Underworld Became Violent
Mexico's battles with drug trafficking have been a constant in the country's modern history, but the activities and organization of the criminal groups operating...
Brief / December 12, 2012
Tijuana Architect Case Calls Attention to Unwilling Drug Cartel Mules
A noted Tijuana architect received a lenient sentence for cocaine smuggling after authorities confirmed that he'd been forced to do so after being threatened by an...
Analysis / September 5, 2012
Eduardo Arellano Felix Extradited to the US
The last of the Arellano Felix brothers to be arrested has now been extradited to the US, a testament to how far the family has fallen since the 1990s, when they...
Investigations / July 19, 2012
Tijuana Cartel Survives, Despite Decade-Long Onslaught
A string of arrests and extraditions of important members of the Tijuana Cartel over the last month show the group is debilitated but resilient, able to maintain...
Brief / April 3, 2012
Tijuana Cartel Boss to Serve 25 Years in US Prison
The sentencing of a former Tijuana Cartel kingpin to 25 years in a US prison has prompted the director of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to proclaim that...
Analysis / March 5, 2012
Trial of Rogue Tijuana Gang Raises Question of Violence Spilling Over to San Diego
The San Diego trial of two gang members once linked to the Tijuana Cartel is a reminder that Mexican groups have long used the city as a base. However, this group...