Mexican Drug War | ||||||||
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Part of the War on Drugs | ||||||||
Mexican soldiers during a confrontation in Michoacán in August 2007 |
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Civilians' .
Supported by: Guerrilla groups: People's Revolutionary Army |
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Supported by: MS-13 The Office of Envigado (semi-defunct) Los Urabeños Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos 'Ndrangheta Hezbollah (alleged) |
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Enrique Peña Nieto Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Jesús Murillo Karam (2012–15) Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza (2006–12) Guillermo Galván Galván (2006–12) Marisela Morales (2011) Sergio Aponte Polito 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 | ||||||||
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) |
Civilians' .
Supported by:
United States