Recent military and police operations in Mexico City have confirmed what many security experts feared: fentanyl is no longer confined to border states or cartel-controlled rural areas. In May 2025, Mexico’s Ministry of Defense (SEDENA) and local police forces seized significant quantities of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the […]
Mes: junio 2025
A Silent Network: How Corruption Took a Mexico City Neighborhood Hostage
In a working-class borough of Mexico City, private property is no longer a guaranteed right. In its place, a network of power—silent, violent, and perfectly structured—operates with the tacit support of local authorities. Behind decaying façades and improvised security cameras, a scheme unfolds where legality is mere theater. Fictitious legal […]
Unions Gone Rogue: Criminal Networks Behind Property Seizures in Greater Mexico City
Investigations by the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) have uncovered an alarming phenomenon: the systematic use of social and union organizations to unlawfully strip citizens of their property. Behind this scheme lie sophisticated criminal networks that profit not only from land grabs, but also from extortion, […]
