MEXICO INVESTIGATION MAP — MAY 16, 2026

Mexico: The Captured State

Defense secretary convicted (38yr). $1M/month cartel bribery. 200,000+ dead under AMLO. El Mencho killed Feb 2026. Sinaloa civil war 2,400+ dead. 133,000 missing. 5,700 mass graves. 37 candidates assassinated. 153 journalists killed. 250,000+ cartel personnel. The supply side of every American fentanyl corridor starts here.
Independent Investigator  |  May 16, 2026  |  Sources: DOJ EDNY, DEA, FBI, CBP, INEGI, SESNSP, CNB, CPJ, RSF, UNODC, World Bank  |  GYI Investigation File 258
Garcia Luna Sentence
38 years
Highest-ranking official convicted • ran drug war on Sinaloa payroll
AMLO Death Toll
200,000+
Deadliest presidential term in modern history
Missing Persons
133,000+
5,700+ mass graves
Cartel Personnel
250,000+
Exceeds Mexican Marine Corps
Sinaloa Civil War
2,400+ dead
Since July 2024 • 2,900+ disappeared
Zambada Forfeiture
$15B
Largest narcotics forfeiture in US history
Journalists Killed
153+
Since 2000 • 99%+ impunity
2025 Homicides
23,374
Sheinbaum first full year
Sinaloa Territory
CJNG Territory
Gulf/CDN Territory
Caborca Territory
Cartel HQ (Pulsing)
Gov Capture (Pulsing)
Fentanyl Lab
Border POE
Mass Graves / Violence
Drone / Tunnel
Guns South
Political (Pulsing)

Mexico — The Captured State

Independent Investigator  |  May 16, 2026  |  GYI Investigation File 258

This investigation does not assert that Mexico is a failed state. It documents that Mexico is a captured state — retaining the full apparatus of sovereignty while deploying it in service of criminal enterprise. The supply side of every American fentanyl corridor begins here.

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