Correspondent Marc Bessems is in Tijuana waar elke dag 7 mensen worden vermoord en daarmee is het één van de gevaarlijkste plekken ter wereld. In Mexico kwamen vorig jaar meer dan 33.000 mensen door geweld om het leven. Voornamelijk druggerelateerd. Dit is een reportage van Marc Bessems. #Mexico #drugskartels #Tijuana Meer video’s? Abonneer, zet je… Continue reading Een nacht op pad in Tijuana: de gewelddadigste stad van Mexico
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The Deadliest Cartel in Mexico | The War on Drugs
The Los Zetas Cartel changed the game in the Mexican War on Drugs. From the mid-2000s, they introduced an unprecedented level of violence – paramilitary-style executions, beheadings, bodies hung from bridges. But this was not simply psychopathic violence. These were special forces soldiers from the Mexican military – who had received specialized training from the… Continue reading The Deadliest Cartel in Mexico | The War on Drugs
On the Front Line With Mexico’s Warring Cartels
The end of 2021 will mark 15 years since the start of Mexico’s “guerra contra el narcotráfico,” a war against drug trafficking that officially began in December 2006, when thousands of soldiers were deployed to topple the cartel terrorizing the state of Michoacán. The war soon spread and plunged the entire country into a downward… Continue reading On the Front Line With Mexico’s Warring Cartels