The Latest Breaking News from Jalisco

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SAN DIEGO — For the better part of a decade, federal prosecutions of Mexican drug cartel leaders carried out in San Diego have focused largely on the Sinaloa Cartel, and before that the Arellano Félix Organization, the two groups that have historically dominated the lucrative Tijuana-San Diego smuggling route.

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Cops have launched an investigation after the bodies were discovered by members of the Search Mothers Collectives of Jalisco and Sonor in the city of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga

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Days of widespread drug cartel arson and shootings in four Mexican states last week have left people asking why drug cartels exploded, and what do they want

Cartels appear to be targeting stores, vehicles and bystanders in response to disputes or attempts to capture members by Mexican authorities.

MEXICO CITY — Dramatic bouts of violence and mayhem in two regions of Mexico this week have left at least 12 dead and dozens of businesses torched, dramatizing the ability of crime gangs to wreak havoc and shatter the semblance of normality almost anywhere in the country without warning.

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A bus accident on a highway in Mexico's western state of Jalisco state has left 14 people dead and about 20 passengers with injuries, state emergency services said late on Wednesday.