{"id":1963008,"date":"2023-07-03T02:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T06:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-drug-cartel-violence-escalates-in-wake-of-activists-killing\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T02:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T06:10:57","slug":"mexican-drug-cartel-violence-escalates-in-wake-of-activists-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-drug-cartel-violence-escalates-in-wake-of-activists-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists&#8217; murder fuels surge in Mexican drug cartel violence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexican-drug-cartel-violence-escalates-in-wake-of-activists-killing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963008&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Escalating Violence in Mexico as Cartel Rivalry Intensifies<\/h2>\n<p>Just a day after the burial of a prominent anti-cartel activist in western Mexico, the region witnessed a surge in violence. Mexican citizens were forced out of their vehicles, a family had their car stolen, and a driver was tragically shot and killed.<\/p>\n<p>Hipolito Mora, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-man-bond-set-at-1m-following-alleged-murder\/\" title=\"Ohio man bond set at M following alleged murder\">community activist<\/a> in Michoacan state known for advocating &#8220;self-defense,&#8221; was ambushed and killed along with three of his followers. The tension between the Viagras cartel and the rival Jalisco cartel spilled out into the open, escalating the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;They told me to park my truck across the road. They said if I moved it, they would burn it,&#8221; a truck driver recounted, describing how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-drug-cartel-violence-escalates-in-wake-of-activists-killing\/\" title=\"Activists' murder fuels surge in Mexican drug cartel violence.\">cartel gunmen blocked roads<\/a> in and out of Apatzingan on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a shocking incident, a family was carjacked at gunpoint, and the stolen car was later used in the murder of a driver just a few blocks away. The victim&#8217;s lifeless body was left hanging over the passenger seat, while his car precariously balanced on the bridge guardrail.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Mount in the United States<\/h3>\n<p>Lawmakers in the United States have been closely monitoring the escalating violence in Mexico and are determined to protect the border from the spillover effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-situation-is-completely-unstable-crenshaw-tours-the-southern-border\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018The Situation Is Completely Unstable\u2019: Crenshaw Tours The Southern Border\">drug cartels<\/a> and drug smuggling. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) recently called for the military to be deployed against the Mexican drug cartels, citing the growing power of these criminal organizations and the impact on the opioid crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You think the fentanyl problem is bad now, what about three years from now when the Mexican drug cartels are more powerful than the Mexican government itself?&#8221; Vance expressed his concerns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The tragic death of community activist Mora is a grim indication of the events to come in and around Apatzingan. As a rare defender against the cartels&#8217; violence, extortion, and influence, his absence leaves a void in the fight against these criminal organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Although Apatzingan may not be located close to the border, the growing strength and audacity of the Viagras and Jalisco cartels pose a significant challenge for the U.S. government&#8217;s efforts to enhance immigration security.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a day after the burial of a prominent anti-cartel activist in western Mexico, violence surged as rival groups targeted Mexican citizens, forcing them out of their vehicles. A family had their car stolen, and a driver was fatally shot. Hipolito Mora, a community activist in Michoacan state advocating &#8220;self-defense,&#8221; was ambushed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1963009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}