Chihuahua
CriticalMexico · Mexican state · capital Chihuahua City
Situation
Ciudad Juárez is a primary fentanyl corridor. La Línea (Juárez Cartel) and prison-rooted Barrio Azteca on one side, Sinaloa-aligned Gente Nueva and Los Mexicles on the other. Sierra Tarahumara contested.
Trade exposure
USMCA tracker →- ActiveCattle / beef · SPS / sanitary· USDA APHISUSDA APHIS suspends Mexican cattle imports — New World ScrewwormNov 22, 2024 · ongoing
USDA halted live-cattle imports from Mexico after NWS detections moved north of Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas. Sonora and Chihuahua exporters lost roughly USD 500M/month at peak. Partial reopenings rolled through 2025 contingent on screwworm-prevention protocols (sterile-fly releases, quarantine pens, dipping vats); Sonora ports of entry resumed first.
- MiningCore· Extortion / piso
Gold/silver mines across the 'golden triangle' (Sinaloa-Sonora-Durango) pay piso. Cananea copper mine (Grupo México) under periodic Salazar pressure.
- Fuel / huachicolSignificant· Fuel tap (huachicol)via La Línea
Chihuahua pipeline taps; competition with Sinaloa-aligned Gente Nueva.
Political integrity
All →- ExtraditedEmbezzlement · Jun 17, 2022~$1.2B MXN diverted allegedCésar Duarte — Chihuahua embezzlement, US extraditionCésar Duarte (Governor of Chihuahua 2010-16) · PRISectors: finance
Captured in Miami 2020 after years as a fugitive. Extradited June 2022 to face charges of embezzlement and criminal association — alleged to have diverted state funds to a private bank he co-founded. Trial ongoing.
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Active armed groups
- Cártel de Sinaloafentanylcocainemethamphetamineheroin
- La Líneafentanylmarijuanaextortion
- Los Mexiclesfentanyl retailextortion
- Barrio Azteca / Los Aztecasfentanyl retailextortionassassination-for-hirehuman smuggling