The Chilling Reality Behind Mexico’s ‘Security Improvements’: Cartel Violence Still Reigns

Deep in the mountainous shadows overlooking Mexico’s Pacific coast, the reality is stark: despite promises from President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration that cartel violence is being brought under control, brutal abductions and killings continue to terrorize communities. The recent kidnapping of 10 Canadian-owned mine workers near Panuco has shattered any illusion that Mexico’s cartel problem is improving.How Can Authorities Claim Progress When Violence Escalates?President Sheinbaum stepped into office vowing a tougher stance on drug cartels, dispatching 10,000 National Guard troops to the northern border and touting declines in homicide rates as evidence of success. Yet here, in Sinaloa state’s rural heartland,...