Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: See also Tobacco Cartel May Mark Shift in Mexico Underworld. The Tobacco International Holdings (Switzerland) website is available here.
From: Mexico Daily News
Security camera footage of a Tobacco Cartel operation.
Police or people disguised as police have raided stores in eight states to prohibit the sale of competing cigarette brands
A criminal organization known as the Tobacco Cartel is attempting to control Mexico’s cigarette market by eliminating brands it doesn’t sell from store shelves in several states.
A special report published by the newspaper Milenio this week said that between January and September, police — or people posing as police — have carried out 364 operations at stores in eight states to seize and destroy cigarettes not distributed by the company Tobacco International Holdings (TIH).
