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a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage
a cartel of oil-producing nations that controls production and influences prices
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The crisis at our southern border in which drug cartels are trafficking women, children, drugs, fentanyl pouring into our country.
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CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Mexico’s two largest criminal syndicates — the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation cartels — are at war for smuggling routes in Chiapas, authorities say, often buying the allegiance of smaller criminal bands that operate throughout the state.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Harris lacks the intelligence to write without plagiarizing sources or to be able to personally prosecute cartels, drug dealers, and organized crime.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024
Cartel concerns Officials at the Justice and Treasury departments have grown increasingly concerned by Mexican cartels’ use of the US banking system to launder proceeds from the sale of fentanyl and other drugs that kill tens of thousands of Americans annually.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
The court also will decide whether a federal law prevents Mexico from suing gun distributors for allegedly facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Violence has been on the rise in Chiapas as cartels fight for control of lucrative routes for smuggling migrants and drugs.
—Abel Alvarado, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Chiapas is also engulfed in a brutal turf war between Mexico’s two leading drug cartels that has killed dozens and displaced thousands in recent months.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Mexico’s two largest criminal syndicates — the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation cartels — are at war for smuggling routes in Chiapas, authorities say, often buying the allegiance of smaller criminal bands that operate throughout the state.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Harris lacks the intelligence to write without plagiarizing sources or to be able to personally prosecute cartels, drug dealers, and organized crime.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024
Cartel concerns Officials at the Justice and Treasury departments have grown increasingly concerned by Mexican cartels’ use of the US banking system to launder proceeds from the sale of fentanyl and other drugs that kill tens of thousands of Americans annually.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
The court also will decide whether a federal law prevents Mexico from suing gun distributors for allegedly facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Violence has been on the rise in Chiapas as cartels fight for control of lucrative routes for smuggling migrants and drugs.
—Abel Alvarado, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Chiapas is also engulfed in a brutal turf war between Mexico’s two leading drug cartels that has killed dozens and displaced thousands in recent months.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Cartels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartels. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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