The distinction between self-defense groups and organized crime grew murky during the bloody, violent period of Enrique Peña Nieto, as the state collaborated with paramilitary gangs.
The US Treasury has sanctioned Los Mayos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, and has also named a Morena Congresswoman who, while mayor of Rosarito, colluded with this criminal organization.
Mexico’s new anti-extortion law will help merchants, but has little to offer to the countless migrants who are extorted in transit through Mexico.
Mexico claims that U.S. gun-makers engaged in “deliberate efforts to create and maintain an illegal market for their weapons in Mexico.”