Who is in charge?
The headline suggests that there is a power struggle in Acapulco and identifies the adversaries as three drug "groups." What about the government? Is it just a "turf war" or is a struggle for political power?At least three drug groups are fighting for control in Acapulco, Mexico
With a… death toll of more than 30 victims… the Mexican resort city of Acapulco is facing its most gruesome levels of drug-related violence since the start of the drug war in 2006…
If Sinaloa hit men are indeed active in the Acapulco area, it would suggest a likely escalation in future violence…
The violence currently gripping Acapulco is now due to a turf war among three groups, two of which have emerged only in the last year, according to the weekly news magazine Proceso…
At stake is control over Acapulco's port, on Mexico's southern Pacific coast…
Residents and officials quoted in the Proceso story described terrifying tactics on the part of the organized-crime groups battling over control of Acapulco. Pedestrians and motorists have been stopped or pulled from their vehicles at gunpoint by masked men. Extortion is rampant in the tourism-dependent city…
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