Verkkoeleven young people gunned down by criminals who shot up a holiday party. The recent attacks — all in the past month — are the latest in a string. Verkkowith a steady flow of weapons smuggled from the united states, where gun purchase laws are more lax, the gangs outgun the celaya police.

Verkkomexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. Verkkothe arrests of two top alleged leaders of mexico’s sinaloa cartel are an “enormous blow” to the group accused of being responsible for most drugs. Verkkothe war between factions of the sinaloa cartel has spread to other northern border states in mexico, where los chapitos, led by the sons of joaquín.