In recent years, drug-related violence in Mexico has increasingly spilled over to U.S. cities, and it’s not just border towns that have been affected. Justice Department officials have found Mexican drug-trafficking organizations in 230 cities, some as far as Anchorage, Alaska, and Sheboygan, Wis. These cartels can take a large human toll: in addition to distributing drugs, they often engage in assaults, kidnappings and human trafficking. Here’s a look inside their rapidly growing world.
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