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Mexican Army soldiers during a confrontation in Michoacán in August 2007
Mexican Army soldiers during a confrontation in Michoacán in August 2007

The

drug trafficking
, which is left to U.S. functionaries.

Although Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have existed for several decades, they have become more powerful since the demise of the

Gulf
cartels, has led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States.

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