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Chinese iron trade fuels port clash with Mexican drug cartel ...

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Reuters

Jan 1, 2014 - Down on Mexico's Pacific coast, a drug gang was already making it a ...Mexico's biggest producer of iron ore, Michoacan state is a magnet for  ...

Mexican drug cartels move into lucrative mining industry ...

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Daily Mail

Nov 29, 2013 - Criminal gangs muscled into mining sector as early as 2010, officials .... The iron ore, meanwhile, has both swelled the cartels' bankrolls, giving  ...

Gang crackdown affected Mexico iron ore exports to China ...

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The Japan Times

Feb 11, 2015 - Mexico's iron ore exports to China fell sharply last year after the government cracked down on illegal shipments sent by drug gangs, an official ...

How Mexico's Cultish Cartel Got Big Into Iron Ore ...

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Vice

Mar 17, 2014 - For a long time, illegal drug sales formed torrential revenue streams forMexican organized crime gangs. But that era is fading fast. Nowadays  ...

Why Mexican drug-traffickers started smuggling iron ore to ...

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The Economist

Mar 9, 2014 - Why Mexican drug-traffickers started smuggling iron ore to China ...Since 2011, one gang has dominated that trade: the Sinaloa cartel, run until  ...

Gang crackdown affected Mexico iron ore exports to China ...

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Yahoo! News

Feb 10, 2015 - From Yahoo News: Mexico's iron ore exports to China fell sharply last year after the government cracked down on illegal shipments sent by ...