all names

Cartels organisation

Named in 3 reports across 2 stories - 3 Oct – 8 Oct
3 Oct 20268 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Cartels. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Cartels.

Mexican criminal groups and Teenagers share 1 reportAmerican High School Students and Mexico share 1 reportArizona and Teenagers share 1 reportArizona and Mexican criminal groups share 1 reportArizona and Mexico share 1 reportAmerican High School Students and Arizona share 1 reportCartelsArizonaArizona - 2 shared reports (place)American Hi…American High School Students - 1 shared report (person)EuropeEurope - 1 shared report (place)Mexican criminal …Mexican criminal groups - 1 shared report (organization)MexicoMexico - 1 shared report (place)TeenagersTeenagers - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

Portugal seizes five tons of cocaine on container ship

54 outlets1 report names Cartels5 Aug – 29 Oct

American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels

2 outlets2 reports name Cartels3 Oct – 16 Oct

Who keeps naming them

NYT World2Google News - Europe query1

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