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# North America: Invasion of the Drug Cartels [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://ivn.us/north-america-invasion-of-the-drug-cartels-infographic/
- Published: 2012-07-18T19:22:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:27:51.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

Canadian newspaper, National Post, compiled information from 2011's U.S. National Drug Intelligence Center Report into a very interesting infographic on the scope of Mexican drug cartels. For years, Mexico has been plagued with violence as a result of competing cartels and government inefficiency. Although recent reports put [murders down 15-20%](https://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the%5Famericas/mexicos-president-says-homicides-down-15-percent-to-20-percent-in-first-half-of-2012/2012/07/15/gJQArQUHnW%5Fstory.html&rct=j&sa=X&ei=QAsHUL7%5FGeil2AXo19j2Dw&ved=0CDsQ-AsoADAC&q=mexico+president&usg=AFQjCNGsx5ez9LMfB56NBJtD7maGA1UNyg&cad=rja&ref=ivn.us) in the first 6 months of 2012, the incoming Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will have his work cut out for him.

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