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Mexican cartels recruit like industry titans on both sides of the border — and it’s working

Mexican cartels are multi-billion-dollar industries that have a global reach. Many people think of cartels as only effectuating violence in Mexico, while supplying the United State...

Exclusive: CBP Foils $1 Million Cartel Cocaine Trafficking Attempt at Texas Border

A suspected drug trafficker chose the busy Memorial Day weekend to attempt to traffic $1.1 million in cocaine across the Progreso International Bridge. U.S. Customs and Border Prot...

Mexico to Prosecute Border State Governor for Working with U.S. Against Cartels

Mexico’s government is trying to prosecute a border state governor. Her crime -- working with U.S. agencies to fight drug cartels. The post Mexico to Prosecute Border State Governo...

Cartel-Connected Fugitive Texas Border County Official Arrested in Mexico

A cartel-connected Texas border county official who has been on the run since 2013 was arrested in Mexico and is expected to return to Texas this week. There, he will face state ch...

U.S.-Extradited Mexican Customs Agent Wanted in Corruption Investigation

U.S. federal law enforcement officers extradited a former Mexican Customs agent who is wanted in his home country on organized crime charges. The post U.S.-Extradited Mexican Custo...

Tequila, Trucking, and the Future of the Border

Reliance Partners acquired Borderless Coverage in 2021, and the Modernization of Cross Border event has grown each year alongside this acquisition. The post Tequila, Trucking, and...

New: Mexican Senator Tied to Sinaloa Cartel Arrested in San Diego

Mexican Cops Find New Massive Narco-Tunnel in Tijuana

Authorities in Mexico reported the discovery of a narco-tunnel that spanned almost the length of three football fields and connected the border city of Tijuana with San Diego. The...

Trump’s War on Drug Cartels Expanding — Guatemala Agrees to Joint Strikes

President Donald Trump ordered a sweeping expansion of his administration’s war on drugs. Officials unveiled a new multi‑front strategy aimed at dismantling cartel networks “wherev...

A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade

The post A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade appeared first on ProPublica.

Batalla por el Cartel de Sinaloa: así es la confrontación entre grupos que ha disparado la violencia en ese estado de Mé...

Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español A casi dos años de la captura del capo mexicano Ismael “el Mayo” Zambada y de la batalla interna que desató en el Cartel de Sinaloa, las confron...

Rural Newsrooms at the Frontlines of the Big Bend Wall 

In early 2026, the Trump administration quietly advanced plans to build more than 100 miles of steel border wall through the remote Big Bend region, a rural area in Far West Texas...

Mexican President Blames Biden-Era Policies for Rise in Cartel Violence

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is blaming Biden-era policies of the United States government for having helped set off the fierce turf war that followed. The turf war erupted...

Borderlands Mexico: Laredo summit debates driverless freight corridors, B-1 trucker alternatives

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Laredo summit debates driverless freight corridors; Cadogan Tate expands Southwest footprint with Phoenix acquisition; and Toyo plans $357M solar m...

Border Wall Plans Threaten Rural Infrastructure and Cross-Border Life in Big Bend

Four Tons of Meth Seized in Four Inspections at Texas Border Crossings in June

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports of entry in Texas have seized more than 9,000 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of more than $80 million in j...

US targets Mexican cartel’s cross-border fuel smuggling operation

U.S. officials are targeting a Mexican cartel by focusing on the organization’s growing cross-border fuel-smuggling business. The post US targets Mexican cartel’s cross-border fuel...

Far From DC, an Iconic Trail Is Militarized for Trump’s Border Wall

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Video courtesy of the CDT Coalition. Before the Trump adm...

Most Bizarre 'Flex' in the World?

Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Enhancing Texas Border Security Infrastructure

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar toured portions of the southwest border near Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday alongside Acting Deputy Commissioner o...

Russian Intelligence Service Claims Mexican Cartels Moving into Europe, Working with Ukraine After U.S. Crackdown

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is reporting publicly that Ukraine is helping Mexican drug cartels move into the European market through its poorly guarded borders....

Two Mexican Mayors Arrested on Cartel Extortion Charges in Mexico

Two mayors in central Mexican cities have been arrested on federal extortion charges, while authorities are currently searching for a third mayor. The mayors are all from the centr...

The Fake Cartel Sicario in the Real Prosecution of an Alleged Iraqi Terrorist

Nothing in the Al-Saadi complaint claims cartels have carried out attacks on behalf of organizations more commonly thought of as “foreign terrorists” in this country, but it certai...

Texas-Based Group Facing Terrorism Charges for Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Weapons Pipeline

Federal prosecutors announced charges against three men and one woman from Amarillo, Texas, for terrorism-related charges connected to a weapons purchasing and smuggling operation...