The U.S. has supported Hernández, a conservative, as a staunch ally in the fight against drug trafficking
On Tuesday, the leader of the Morena party at Mexico's Lower Chamber presented a bill for the creation of a legal market for marijuana including a public company in charge of its regulation
If synthetic opioids displace heroin from the market of clandestine painkillers, Mexican drug trafficking organizations will compete for a declining market, causing violence to escalate in the country
Setbacks affect the health sector
The 2019 budget for the Health Ministry is MXN $652 million higher than in 2018
Central America has become the outlet of Mexican organized crime for drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking
The historic decision is seen as a step towards the decriminalization of drugs
The SAT filed 7 lawsuits against employees linked to arms, ammunition, and money trafficking
The Sinaloa Cartel, a drug trafficking criminal group from Mexico, has threatened to slaughter indigenous communities in Colombia over territorial control
The countries with more Mexicans arrested for drug-related activities are Peru, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Cuba and Venezuela
After 11 weeks of trial, Guzmán faces life in prison at his scheduled July 17th sentencing on the 10 charges for drug trafficking and money laundering