On June 9th, Mexican cartels in Michoacan carried out a raid on security forces, killing an undisclosed number of personnel.
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— TH3PR3D4TH0R Mxx (@fernand17704066) June 10, 2020
Two women were also abducted in Mexico, allegedly by the cartels, however a video suggests that I was actually police officers who carried out the kidnapping, it is still likely funded by the cartels.
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https://t.co/CD90yLHHOI— ???? ALERTA CÓDIGO ROJO ?? ?? (@SinCensuraMx_) June 10, 2020
The cartels are also fighting amongst themselves, in increasingly violent clashes.
The video below shows such a clash in Guanajuato:
ZONA DE GUERRA X HUACHICOL #GUANAJUATO VIDEO2 16:30#CELAYA 05/06/2020 VIA ANÓNIMO
ASÍ, AL-2INTEGRANTES DE CARTEL EJECUTAN A 2PERSONAS EN VULKANIZADORA "ARTURO", A PIE DE CARRETERA, EN SALIDA A SALAMANCA, INCENDIAN EL LUGAR Y DEJAN NARCOMENSAJE
Y SE DAN EL LUJO DE TOMAR FOTOS pic.twitter.com/7SUnDLKp4Q
— TH3PR3D4TH0R Mxx (@fernand17704066) June 10, 2020
The winning side even stayed around and took some photographs before leaving.
The CDG and CDN cartels appear to be having an all-out war, with a video showing CDG members in a custom, heavily-armored Chevrolet, with the colors of army patrol vehicles, carrying 50 mm weapons and shooting at CDN members.
Sicarios presuntos integrantes del “CDG” se pasean en una camioneta con blindaje artesanal Chevrolet Silverado con caja laminada usando los colores de patrullas del ejército, portando calibre .50 Barrett y armas automáticas de grueso calibre, peleando contra el “CDN” pic.twitter.com/zpI2BnYa0F
— Blog de México Rojo (@MexicoRojo1) June 9, 2020
Videos also show CDG members training to use their firearms in a gap between the areas controlled by the it and the rival cartel CDN.
Sicarios presuntamente del “CDG” entrenan en una brecha de la frontera de Tamaulipas ante la nueva oleada de violencia por el territorio que le disputa el “CDN” en la ribereña. pic.twitter.com/77GHod9LV0
— Blog de México Rojo (@MexicoRojo1) June 9, 2020
They carry out frequent patrols to clash with, and kill any rival cartel members.
Sicarios del Cártel del Golfo patrullan carreteras y brechas a plena luz del día en la frontera chica en una nueva oleada de violencia en una guerra advertida contra el Cártel del Noreste en Tamaulipas. pic.twitter.com/VDGXbZ4r4a
— Blog de México Rojo (@MexicoRojo1) June 9, 2020
According to the US, the COVID-19 pandemic is making it hard for Mexican drug cartels to smuggle cocaine and methamphetamine into Australia.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration estimates a kilo of meth was worth between $US90,000 and $US130,000 ($A128,000 – $A185,000) in Australia before the pandemic, but now sells for around $US200,000.
“As businesses are having to adjust, every arm of cartels are having to adjust,” the DEA’s Australia attache Kevin Merkel told the Louisville Courier Journal.
In Los Angeles, wholesale meth prices have doubled from $US900 per pound at the end of last year to $US1800 to $US2000.
“There’s been stockpiling of drugs and money on both sides of the southwest border, and money-laundering activity has decreased,” J. Todd Scott, special agent in charge of the DEA’s Louisville field division, said.
“People, in general, aren’t moving; stuff isn’t moving. Cartels function best when they can kind of move undercover, move with the legitimate commerce.”
As such it is understandable that the clashes for influence and control between cartels are ramping up during the pandemic, since the profits are so much higher than earlier.
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Drug war of course created all this drug infrastructure by them
The Mexican government need to clean they house,they government from corruption until they do that they won’t be able to defeat those maniacs who just oppressing the people into fear.
the mexican goverment is a circus, you should watch what our president does every day, and of course he has “allies” in the cartels
the mexican goverment are the main sponsor of the cartels .