Mexico deployed 100,000 security forces largely to Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara to safeguard the World Cup.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because a Sinaloa civil war plus CJNG expansion is driving record violence right as Washington's terrorist designations and unilateral-strike threats put Sheinbaum's government in an impossible bind over sovereignty and fentanyl.
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"Mexico doubled down on security in the World Cup hubs, deploying 100,000 security forces largely to Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara to safeguard the tournament."
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- The Trump administration last year designated La Nueva Familia Michoacana a foreign terrorist organization, along with other Mexican cartels.