Get the latest international news and world events from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more. See world news photos and videos at ABCNews. News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More. Collection of articles related to this issue. HT/p2/2016/05/16/Pictures/colombia-drug_6ce9efe2-1b56-11e6-9a57-4ae968dd8e7b.jpg' alt='Largest Drug Bust 2 Tons Of Crack' title='Largest Drug Bust 2 Tons Of Crack' />Timeline of the Mexican Drug War. The timeline of some of the most relevant events in the Mexican Drug War is set out below. Although violence between drug cartels had been occurring for three decades, the Mexican government held a generally passive stance regarding cartel violence through the 1. That changed on December 1. President. Felipe Caldern sent 6,5. Mexican Army soldiers to the state of Michoacn to end drug violence there. This action is regarded as the first major retaliation made against the cartel violence, and is generally viewed as the starting point of the Mexican Drug War between the government and the drug cartels. As time passed, Caldern continued to escalate his anti drug campaign, in which there are now about 4. Note To make the list more manageable, murdered politicians are listed separately in list of politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War, and journalists assassinated are listed at list of journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War. Other notable events in the ongoing conflict are included below. November 2. 5 Popular singer Valentn Elizalde is ambushed and gunned down along with his manager and best friend Mario Mendoza Grajeda, and driver Reynaldo Ballesteros, in the border city of Reynosa, across the border from Mc. Allen, Texas. December 1 President Felipe Caldern assumes office. He also imposes a cap on salaries of high ranking public servants and orders a raise on the salaries of the Federal Police and the Mexican Armed Forces. December 1. 1 Operation Michoacn is launched against the La Familia Michoacana cartel. A total of more than 6. Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly. Late 1960s Recreational drug use rises in U. S. In late 1960s recreational drug use becomes fashionable among young, white, middle class Americans. The Texarkana Gazette is the premier source for local news and sports in Texarkana and the surrounding Arklatex areas. The plutocracy cartel an entrenched global elite of vast wealth has spread its tentacles over the earth wielding extraordinary power over world affairs. Mexican soldiers and more than 1. For 2. 00. 7, the drug related death toll reached 2,4. January 1 The Federal government, along with SEDENA, launches the Joint Operation Nuevo Len Tamaulipas in order to eliminate the operation areas of both the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. January 2. 1 Mexican security forces capture drug lord Alfredo Beltrn Leyva. March 2. 7 The Federal government launches the Operation Chihuahua to confront the three drug cartels operating in the state. Moreover, Ciudad Jurezs violence is among the major concerns in this operation. April 2. 61. 5 people are killed in a gun battle between the Tijuana Cartel and a rival drug cartel. May 8 Acting commissioner of the Federal Police dgar Eusebio Milln Gmez was gunned down in Mexico City. He was the highest ranking Mexican official killed. May 9 Esteban Robles Espinosa, the commander of Mexicos investigative police force, was murdered in Mexico City. May 1. 3 The Federal government launches the Operation Sinaloa to crack down on the Sinaloa Cartel, the Beltrn Leyva Cartel, and Los Zetas in the state. May 2. 8 Seven Federal Police agents die in a shootout in Culiacn. May 3. 1 The United States announces it is implementing a drug trafficking law to impose financial sanctions on Mexican drug cartels. June 2. 6 Police commander Igor Labastida is shot dead in a restaurant in Mexico City. June 3. 0 The Mrida Initiative, a US1. USA and Mexico, announced on October 2. September 1. 3 In Ocoyoacac, 2. La Marquesa all bodies were shot and showed signs of torture. September 1. 5 2. Morelia grenade attacks eight civilians were killed and more than 1. Morelia when hand grenades were thrown into a crowd. September 1. 7 Over 2. Mexico, Guatemala, Italy and the United States, including members of the Gulf Cartel and the Ndrangheta are arrested in a major anti drug trafficking operation called Operation Solare. October 2. 2 Police capture boss Jess Zambada Garca of the Sinaloa Cartel after a shootout in Mexico City. October 2. 4 Mexican criminal investigator Andrs Dimitriadis is shot dead by cartel gunmen sicarios in his car on his way home. October 2. 6 The Mexican army captured drug lord Eduardo Arellano Flix after a shootout in Tijuana. November 2 The Federal Police chief Vctor Gerardo Garay resigns amidst claims of corruption. I Have A Dark Patch Of Skin On My Back. He was arrested and charged on December 1. Beltrn Leyva Cartel. November 6 In Reynosa, the Mexican army made the largest weapon seizure in the history of Mexico. The seizure included 2. TNT explosives, 5. November 7 The Federal Police arrest Jaime Gonzlez Durn in Tamaulipas he was a founding member of Los Zetas. November 1. 7 Rodolfo de la Guardia Garca, ex director of Mexicos Interpol office, is arrested and charged of protecting the Beltrn Leyva Cartel. Ericsson Wwan Wireless Module Device 01 Driver Download'>Ericsson Wwan Wireless Module Device 01 Driver Download. November 1. 9 Mexican Interpol chief Ricardo Gutirrez Vargas is arrested on suspicion of links with drug cartels. November 2. 1 No Ramrez Mandujano, ex head of Mexicos anti organized crime agency, is arrested on suspicion of links with drug cartels. November 3. 0 Guatemalan and Mexican drug cartels clash on the two countries border, leaving 1. December 1. 0 Felix Batista, an American anti kidnapping expert is kidnapped in Saltillo. December 2. 1 Seven off duty soldiers and one police commander are kidnapped, tortured and decapitated. Their heads were left at a shopping center located in Chilpancingo with a threat note to the military. For 2. 00. 8, the drug related death toll reached 6,2. January 2 Mexican authorities arrested Alberto Espinoza Barrn, one of the La Familia Michoacana cartel leaders. January 6 Gunmen fired on and threw grenades at the Televisa TV station in Monterrey during a nightly newscast, causing no injuries. A note left on the scene read Stop reporting just on us. Report on the narcos political leaders. January 2. 2 Police arrest Santiago Meza, a man who allegedly dissolved 3. Teodoro Garca Simental. February 3 The body of retired General Mauro Enrique Tello Quinez, who had been appointed a special drugs consultant to the Benito Jurez municipality mayor, was found near Cancn along with the bodies of his aide and a driver. February 5 Police capture trafficker and lieutenant Gernimo Gmez Garca in Mexico City. February 7 The Federal government, along with SEDENA, launches the Operation Quintana Roo, sending thousands of troops to Cancn and several cities within the state. Several police officers in that state where found guilty of drug trafficking, and El Puma, a Gulf Cartel lieutenant, was captured. February 1. 0 Military troops took over a police station in Cancn in connection with the torture and murder of former general Mauro Enrique Tello Quinez, who led an elite anti drugs squad. February 1. 2 Gunmen assassinate Detective Ramn Jasso Rodrguez, the chief in charge of the homicide division for the state police of Nuevo Len. February 1. 5 The Mexican Navy, with the help of the United States Coast Guard, confiscated 7 tons of cocaine being transported on a fishing vessel in international waters in the Pacific Ocean. February 1. 7 A shootout took place in the city of Reynosa, between members of the Mexican Army and presumed members of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. The death of the high ranking Gulf Cartel leader Hctor Manuel Sauceda Gamboa was confirmed. February 2. 0 Ciudad Jurezs Police Chief Robert Orduna announced his resignation after two police officers are killed. Drug traffickers had threatened to kill one police officer every 4. February 2. 2 Five assailants attacked the convoy of Chihuahua governor, Jos Reyes Baeza, killing a bodyguard. February 2. 4 Mexican authorities extradited Miguel ngel Caro Quintero to the U.