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Cartel Kidnaps Jalisco Mayor's Wife, Demands Public Security Chief's Removal as Ransom
(www.latintimes.com)
What's the difference between a cartel and a mobster? Not joking. They seem to use it more in Mexico.
Cartel Definition
- A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
- An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
- A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.