Mexican Cartel Violence

Crime June 26

Border smugglers use social media to brag about trafficking migrants to US: ‘This is criminal,’ expert says

Human smugglers are using social media apps to boast about helping migrants cross into the U.S. and gloat about the ease with which they evade authorities

OPINION June 6

Biden's border crisis: Why his new executive order doesn't really matter

The bottom line is that the chaos at the border is 100% President Biden’s doing. Limiting illegal entries to 2,500 a day is political theater.

Mexico June 1

Mexicans go to the polls amid record violence against candidates, officials

As Mexicans go to the polls Sunday to vote for a new president, the country is facing its most violent election campaign in its history with more than 225 candidates and officials killed.

Mexico May 31

Mexico's drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday's elections than before

Gangs and drug cartels in Mexico seem to be playing a wider role in the upcoming elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships, and around 19,000 mayorships and other posts.

Mexican Cartel Violence May 30

‘Symbolic’ $4.6B punishment against cartel that murdered Americans takes creative legal turn to become reality

A judge ordered that families of victims of a Mexican cartel ambush of three moms and 14 kids be paid $4.64 billion, which was considered symbolic at the time.

Mexican Cartel Violence May 28

Mexican presidential candidate Sheinbaum, who promises to cut crime, faces huge hurdles from powerful cartels

Front-runner in Mexico's presidential election, Claudia Sheinbaum, who greatly reduced Mexico City's murder while mayor, faces challenges to repeating her success on a national scale.

Mexican Cartel Violence May 23

Indiana beauty queen arrested in Mexican cartel bust that included one of feds' most wanted fugitives

A beauty queen was arrested as part of a major cartel bust, which included 18 suspects as of last week, and was accused of using her job to transport cash

Mexico May 22

Mexican authorities find bodies of 4 men, 2 women piled up in resort city

Prosecutors in Mexico's southern Guerrero state say the strangled bodies of four men and two women have been found piled up on a street in Acapulco.

Mexican Cartel Violence May 20

'Most ruthless' Mexican cartels operate in all 50 states, bring turf wars to US: DEA

Mexico's "most powerful and ruthless" cartel - The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)- operates in all 50 state and is competing with a rival cartel in the US, the DEA said

Mexico May 14

Killers in Mexico 'can look like anyone' as cartels use women, kids as assassins, PI warns

Women and children at young as 7 are being used as Mexican cartel assassins, private investigator said, adding that "the bad guys don't look like bad guys."