According to InSight Crime, drug cartels in Mexico have expanded their activities into illegal logging, particularly in the forested areas of Chihuahua. This area is a significant part of the drug trafficking corridor known as the Golden Triangle. This growing overlap between illegal logging and drug trafficking is severely affecting Indigenous communities, especially the Tarahumara. The report cites a case where individuals were forced off their land by armed groups, highlighting the dangers faced by those opposing illegal logging. The cartel has become actively involved in illegal logging to clear land for poppy cultivation, pushing inhabitants off their ancestral lands. The situation in Chihuahua is exacerbated by widespread violence and corruption, with drug cartels, competing over the control over both drug and illegal timber routes. This violence has led to high homicide rates, with criminal groups targeting anyone opposing their activities. In addition, the article details the methods used by cartels to control the illegal timber trade, including extortion and violent takeovers of sawmills. In the town of San Juanito, a hub for wood trafficking, drug cartels have infiltrated the industry, forcing sawmills to process illegally sourced wood and laundering it into the legal supply chain.