Mexico - February 2023

This February 2023 issue of Latin American Regional Report: Mexico begins with the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López, son of infamous former drug kingpin Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera, on 5 January. The arrest was hailed as a blow to the powerful Sinaloa drug trafficking organisation (DTO) and widely seen as a way to boost Mexico’s standing with the US. However, the long-term impact of the arrest is questionable, as this piece explains.

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