Inside the bloody cartel war for Mexico's multibillion-dollar avocado ...

Originally part of La Familia and later the Knights Templar cartel, which emerged in 2011 after the government crackdown, the Viagras later joined a government-run rural police force designed to ...

The Next Generation of Criminal Groups Driving Violence in Mexico

As part of the agglomeration Carteles Unidos, the Viagras have joined forces with former self-defense groups like the Cartel del Abuelo and other Michoacán Family splinter groups. One of the Viagras' main advantages in Tierra Caliente is the strong roots they have with the local population, beginning with the Sierra Santana family.

Los Viagras: cómo surgió el grupo criminal que habría ... - Infobae

Del mismo modo, se expusieron los vínculos que "Los Viagras" tenían con el fundador de la Familia Michoacana, Jesús Méndez -mejor conocido como "El Chango"-, ...

Mexican cartel forces locals to pay for makeshift Wi-Fi under threat of ...

Prosecutors in central Mexico say a drug cartel set up its own makeshift internet antennas and told locals that they had to pay to use their Wi-Fi or they would be killed. ... Local media identified the criminal group as the Los Viagras cartel. Prosecutors declined to say which cartel was involved because the case was still under investigation ...

Drug cartel violence flares in western Mexico after vigilante leader's ...

But the status quo is clearly unsustainable. Because of systematic extortion by the Viagras cartel, many common items in Apatzingan are far more expensive than in the rest of Mexico. A soda that costs 80 cents elsewhere costs $1.40 here. An coconut popsicle that costs 90 cents in the rest of Mexico costs $1.75 in Apatzingan.

Mexican gangs set up Wi-Fi network and threaten to kill locals who don ...

The cartel charged approximately 5,000 people elevated prices of between 400 and 500 pesos (£18.50 to £23) a month, the Michoacán state prosecutor's office told the Associated Press. That ...

Viagras Criminal Group Disguised as Vigilantes in Mexico - InSight Crime

According to an intelligence report from Mexico's national security cabinet accessed by Milenio, the Viagras are an armed group involved in drug trafficking as part of a criminal collective in Michoacan state known as the H-3 Cartel. The report states that the Viagras have strong ties to Familia Michoacana founder Jesus Mendez, alias "El ...