2010 in organized crime

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In 2010, a number of events took place in organized crime. On the first day of the year, reporter Jose Luis Romero was kidnapped for reporting on the Mexican Mafia. While investigating the kidnapping, policeman Jesus Escalante was killed. The Mexican Drug War is an armed conflict taking place between rival drug cartels and government forces in Mexico. Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have become more powerful since the demise of Colombia's Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now dominate the illicit drug market in the United States.[1] Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Cook, Colleen W., ed. (16 October 2007). CRS Report for Congress: Mexico's Drug Cartels (PDF). Congressional Research Service. p. 7.
  2. ^ Carl, Traci (10 March 2009). "Progress in Mexico drug war is drenched in blood". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  3. ^ "High U.S. cocaine cost shows drug war working: Mexico". Reuters. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Mark P., ed. (18 December 2008). "Mexico – U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress: Mexico and the 112th Congress. Congressional Research Service. pp. 2, 13, 14.