✦ History

Mexican drug war

December 11, 2006 · Mexico City

The Mexican government sent soldiers to fight drug cartels after President Felipe Calderón took office. The conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of people.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Mexico

Sinaloa Cartel

Other

Mexico
Sinaloa Cartel
Felipe Calderón belligerent leader Claudia Sheinbaum belligerent leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador belligerent leader Enrique Peña Nieto belligerent leader Subcomandante Marcos belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Strength
784,300

Units

Mexican Army Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas
Delta Force

Battles and events 4