Mexico Security Update - 2 October 2019
The CJNG is expanding and local groups are fighting back.
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Violence in at least five states over the past two weeks has been defined by:
CJNG expansion into new territory, and
efforts by local gangs and fragmented cartels to push back against the Guadalajara-based group.
Those two trends have impacted Mexico’s security situation in nearly every state in 2019.
Recent examples from five states
Tamaulipas - I publis…