Timeline
30 historical events
region:
1908 — 1925
Mexicali Red-Light District Era
Mexico, Baja California, US-Mexico Border
1940-03-09 — 1940-07-13
Salazar Viniegra Morphine Dispensary Experiment
Mexico City, Mexico
1948 — 1958
La Violencia
Colombia
1948-02-25
Founding of ECLAC (CEPAL)
Latin America
1948-04-09
1959-01-01 — 1959-01-08
Triumph of the Cuban Revolution
Cuba, Caribbean
1964
Founding of FARC
Colombia
1969-09-21 — 1969-10-11
Operation Intercept
US-Mexico Border, United States, Mexico
1977 — 1987
Operation Condor (Mexico)
Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua, Mexico
1980 — 1989
Formation of the Guadalajara Cartel
Jalisco, Sinaloa, Mexico
1985-02-07 — 1985-03-05
The Camarena Affair
Jalisco, Mexico, United States
1992-01-06
Article 27 Counter-Reform
Mexico
1993
Ciudad Juárez Femicides
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
1994-01-01
NAFTA Implementation
Mexico, United States, Canada
1994-01-01
Zapatista Uprising
Chiapas, Mexico
1997 — 1999
Formation of Los Zetas
Tamaulipas, Mexico
2006-12 — 2012-12
2007 — 2019
CICIG in Guatemala (2007–2019)
Guatemala
2008 — 2012
Juárez War
Chihuahua, Mexico, US-Mexico Border
2008-01
Beltrán Leyva Organization Splits from Sinaloa Cartel
Mexico, Guerrero, Morelos
2010-02
Gulf Cartel-Zetas Split
Tamaulipas, Mexico
2010-08 — 2011-04
San Fernando Massacres
Tamaulipas, Mexico
2011-03
Allende Massacre
Coahuila, Mexico
2011-04-15
Cherán Uprising and Autonomous Self-Government
Michoacán, Mexico
2012 — 2015
Fragmentation of Los Zetas
Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Mexico
2013-02 — 2014
Michoacán Autodefensa Uprising
Michoacán, Mexico
2014-09-26
Disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa Students
Guerrero, Mexico
2021
Ecuador Security Crisis
Ecuador
2024-03-08
Conviction of Juan Orlando Hernández
Honduras, United States
2024-07
Sinaloa Cartel Fractures After Mayo Zambada Capture
Sinaloa, Mexico