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Mexican cartel in Europe sought mortars, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades

Washington is striking back at a powerful Mexican cartel that federal prosecutors say sought to treat Europe as a safe base for drugs and weapons deals. Alleged cartel operatives a...

Warring Cartels Target Women in Mexico

A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women.

Cartel Calls Out Mexican Government Corruption After Hanging Bodies from Overpass

A group of gunmen claiming to be from the Sinaloa Cartel released a video and various social media messages calling out the deals between Mexico’s government and drug cartels. The...

Mexican Authorities Kill Cartel Boss, Raid Drug Labs in Western Mexico

Mexican military forces killed a cartel boss in the western state of Michoacan after a shootout. The clash comes as Mexican authorities have been cracking down on cartel operations...

FEDS: Terrorist Mexican Cartel Bought RPGs, Machine Guns from Czech Republic

Four members of the terrorist organization known as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) are facing federal charges in the United States in connection with the purchase of RPGs, ma...

Gulf Cartel Gunman Sneaking into South Texas Now  Facing Terrorism Charges

A Gulf Cartel gunman who was trying to sneak into the U.S. illegally is now facing federal terrorism charges. Prosecutors allege he took part in surveillance, enforcement, and the...

Contraband fuel: Smuggling gasoline into Mexico earns cartels millions

The scheme, known as huachicol fiscal, is the second-largest source of revenue for cartels, after drug trafficking.

Calling Cartels 'Narcoterrorists' Turns Drug Enforcement Into War Making

Brazil’s gangs show why the “narcoterrorist” label is tempting, misleading, and unlikely to stop drugs.

Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using bomb-laden drones and improvised explosive devices. ‘We are facing steady in...

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, and the Sinaloa Cartel have fought for years over control of Zacatecas.

U.S. Government Prioritizes Mexican Terrorist Cartel, Offers $100 Million in Rewards

The U.S. government announced a concerted effort to target Mexico’s most dangerous terrorist organization, Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The effort by both the U.S. Departm...

'We Will Not Rest': New Cartel Boss Faces $25 Million Bounty As Trump Admin Unseals Criminal Charges

Gang deploys new tactic to smuggle cocaine through South American port

Police in Ecuador have seized more than a tonne of cocaine in a raid illustrating a novel smuggling technique. A drug gang in Ecuador has deployed a highly sophisticated new tactic...

U.S. DEA: Mexico’s High-Level Officials Work Directly With Terrorist Drug Cartels

A series of comments by the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sparked new controversy in Mexico, as he pointed to “high-level officials” within the government...

How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria

West Africa is becoming increasingly attractive to those who want to make and export illicit drugs.

USSOUTHCOM Moves From Plinking Drug Boats to Taking Out Cartel Infrastructure

Brutal Sinaloa Cartel Co-Founder Hit With Life Sentence For Decades of Drugs & Bloodletting

Two years after notorious Sinaloa cartel members Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada says he was "abducted" from Mexico on a private plane bound for the U.S. with "El Chapo's" son, the elderl...

FBI Hunting Man Who Packed Drugs In Fire Extinguishers

The FBI in Los Angeles is searching for the ringleader of a cartel operation that packed the narcotics into hollowed-out fire extinguishers, which were then deeply concealed inside...

Infamous cartel boss "El Mayo" Zambada sentenced to life in U.S. prison

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada ordered torture and plotted murders as he Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán grew the Sinaloa cartel into the world's largest drug trafficking organization, prosecu...

Borderlands Mexico: US widens Mexican cartel crackdown to tequila makers, baby shoe company

This week in Borderlands Mexico: US widens Mexican cartel crackdown; Port Houston posts record first-half container volume; and Foundry Commercial plans logistics center in Fort Wo...

U.S. Treasury Blacklists Two More Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has formally designated two more Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist cartels. The move brings the number to eight separate cartels that ar...

Arizona Cartel Hitman Leader Sentenced for Trafficking Guns Via Facebook

Cartel leader's ex-wife pleads guilty to violating U.S. sanctions over school tuition

The ex-wife and current partner of a leader of the Mexican cartel Los Cuinis pleaded guilty to violating U.S. counternarcotics sanctions, according to the Justice Department.

Cartel leader arrested, linked to killings of Mexican influencer Valeria Márquez, mayor Carlos Manzo

A cartel leader known as "El R-1" is linked to the killing of former Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo and the feminicide of influencer Valeria Márquez.

Cartel leader’s Ex-Wife Pleads Guilty To Paying Florida School Tuition Despite US Sanctions

The ex-wife and current partner of a leader of the Mexican drug trafficking organization Los Cuinis pleaded guilty Friday to willfully violating U.S. counternarcotics sanctions by...