The Juárez Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Juárez, pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe ˈxwaɾes]), also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, is a Mexican drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, across the Mexico—U.S. border from El Paso, Texas. [2]

Jun 8, 2023 · Southern and Western Chihuahua have been sites of bloody confrontations between gangs associated with the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels for at least the past four years, authorities and international security organizations say.

May 22, 2024 · Juarez Cartel/La Linea (Yellow): Primarily active in Chihuahua and parts of neighboring states. Additional elements include: Local Groups (Various colors): Represent smaller, local criminal organizations operating in various parts of the country.

Oct 12, 2021 · The four states atop the index – Chihuahua, Michoacan, Jalisco and Guanajuato – are sites of drug cartel warfare. The group tracks violent crime throughout Mexico, pitches public policy improvements and publishes a monthly “Atrocities Index.”

Feb 3, 2025 · Chihuahua state authorities said 16 suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack and several guns seized. Mexican news media have identified the suspects as members of a Sinaloa cartel cell.

Jul 15, 2024 · In September 2020, InSight Crime reported that violence in western Chihuahua was largely due to fighting over timber trafficking between the Juárez Cartel, based primarily around San Juanito, and the Sinaloa Cartel, which has a greater presence in areas south of Creel.

Sep 18, 2024 · NORTHEASTERN CHIHUAHUA — Last Thursday, seven men were apprehended by state and national police for their alleged involvement in a string of shootings in the Ojinaga area. After receiving a tip about armed civilians, the Chihuahua Department of Public Safety (SSPE) and the federal Department of National Defense (SEDENA) located two white ...

The violence generated by the war of the drug cartels for control of drug routes translated into some 6,000 killings in 2008. More than 1,600 of them occurred in Juárez, three times more than the most murderous city in the United States.

Sep 22, 2024 · A flare-up of Mexican drug cartel violence left 11 bodies dumped outside the border town of Ojinaga and the seizure of a liger kept as an exotic big cat pet in the backyard of a house,...

Dec 26, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Investigators in Mexico announced Thursday they have found 12 bodies in clandestine burial sites in the northern border state of Chihuahua. State prosecutors said the skeletal remains were found in the township of Ascencion, about 110 miles (180 kms) west of Ciudad Juarez, which is itself across the border from El Paso, Texas.