Residents in a Mexican border state torched the governor’s palace in Nuevo Leon as part of a protest against female kidnappings. Concerned citizens and activists alike are accusing state police of inaction on the problem. The latest demonstration led to a fire being set at the entrance.
Mexican authorities released an Ohio couple who devastated a local family after stealing and their SUV before leading police on a destructive chase in Cancun.
The daughter of a Mexican border city politician is currently in U.S. custody awaiting trial after authorities reportedly found one brick of cocaine in her vehicle.
A Democrat congressman from Texas is calling for the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security to revoke travel visas for Mexican legislators participating in the Mexico-Russia Friendship Committee.
A sheriff’s deputy in a Texas border county pleaded guilty for his role in helping drug traffickers steal cocaine from competitors.
The mayor of one of the main Texas border cities is sounding the alarm about an imminent migrant surge tied to the sunsetting of Title 42 restrictions by the Biden Administration.
A top border county law enforcement official pleaded guilty to federal charges for enticing women to travel to Texas for prostitution. The lawman will be free on bond pending his sentencing.
Una pareja estadounidense sospechosa de robar un vehículo en el aeropuerto de Cancún y tratar de evadir a la policía en una persecución a alta velocidad durante casi una hora podría ser liberada ya que el robo de autos no se considera un delito grave en el estado de Quintana Roo.
A U.S. couple suspected of stealing a vehicle at the Cancun airport and leading police on a high-speed chase for nearly an hour could be released since car theft is not considered a serious crime in the state of Quintana Roo.
Gunmen dressed as police threatened journalists in Mexico with setting them on fire to deter reporting on a story. The threats come as the country draws international attention after nine journalists were already murdered in 2022.
Mexican authorities claim the sound of a conveyor belt snapping inside the Cancun International airport caused tourists to panic, thinking a shootout was occurring. State police claim that they did not find any bullet casings or wounded individuals at the scene.
Federal authorities unsealed an indictment filed against the head of the Gulf Cartel. The feared drug lord is currently in a Mexican jail fighting extradition to Texas.
Video from the Texas Department of Public Safety shows what appears to be a Gulf Cartel gunman pointing an AK-47 rifle at a helicopter aircrew as they patrolled the border in Starr County. The gunman eventually flees and Mexican law enforcement responds to the area.
An attorney and relatives of an alleged narco-terrorist reportedly tried to obtain a fake Mexican birth certificate to avoid deportation to the U.S.
The American-born leader of one of Mexico’s most dangerous cartels could face life in prison following his capture in Mexico and subsequent deportation to the U.S.
A former Mexican border state governor faces election fraud charges and now sits in a prison built during his term of office. The allegations stem from an investigation started by the current governor.
Gunmen shot and killed the director of a local news outlet in western Mexico, marking the ninth of its kind in 2022. The homicide follows weeks after shooters killed one of his staff.
Mexican federal forces arrested a top narco-terrorist in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The feared Los Zetas Cartel boss is responsible for terrorist-style attacks on civilians, mass murders, forced disappearances, and the establishment of extermination camps near Texas.
Teams of gunmen attacked a U.S. consular building, a Mexican military base, and other buildings in a border city near Texas following the rumored arrest of a leader with the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas Cartel.
The Parliament of the European Union issued a historic condemnation of the escalating trend in the killing of Mexico’s media workers and activists. The parliament called Mexico the most dangerous country for journalists outside of an active warzone and asked for the Mexican government to take better steps to protect them.
A Texas woman and her son are facing federal charges in connection with a large-scale sex-trafficking operation which allegedly ran for longer than 23 years. The victims were reportedly young women and underage girls from northern Mexico.
Un antiguo narcotraficante mexicano responsable del asesinato de un agente federal de Estados Unidos en 1985, está detrás del reciente aumento de violencia en el noroeste de México, justo al sur de Arizona. El capo de la droga se encuentra actualmente en la lista de los más buscados de la Administración de Control de Drogas de los Estados Unidos.
A long-time drug lord responsible for the murder of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985 is behind a recent spike in violence in northwestern Mexico, just south of Arizona. The drug lord is currently on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Most Wanted list.
Nearly two dozen spectators were injured in a large-scale riot at a professional soccer game in Central Mexico. Hundreds of people took to the field and rushed the stands to attack supporters of the opposing team.
Mexican authorities confirmed the murder of a crime journalist in the central state of Zacatecas. The killing is the eighth of its kind since the start of the year.
Police arrested 22 members of the Sinaloa Cartel, including a regional leader, who were operating in the Monterrey metropolitan area this week. In recent months, the border state of Nuevo Leon has become the latest front of a fierce turf war as the cartel tries to expand its territories.
Two cartel-connected human smugglers pleaded guilty to ransom kidnapping migrants in the border city of Laredo, Texas.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday that one of the most violent cartels in the world, Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), should change its name to not give the state of Jalisco a bad image.
Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) gunmen lined up at least 17 victims and shot them during a funeral in western Mexico Sunday.
Mexican authorities arrested an elusive top leader within Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. The feared drug lord has been arrested two times in the past only to be released by federal judges. It is the second successful high-value target operation this week.
El arresto en México y la repatriación de un miembro del Cartel del Golfo nacido en Estados Unidos que tenía órdenes de arresto pendientes en Texas por cargos de asesinato desencadenó una respuesta violenta por parte de la organización criminal.
The arrest in Mexico and repatriation of a U.S.-born Gulf Cartel member who had pending warrants in Texas on murder charges triggered a violent response by the criminal organization.
Mexico continues to experience a dramatic rise in murdered journalists despite claims by officials that the cases are being properly investigated. This week, gunmen killed two reporters in Mexico City and the border state of Sonora.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) called out U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, saying he was misinformed about violence perpetrated against Mexican journalists.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) told U.S. voters not to trust Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), calling him “crooked” (chueco) and a “busybody” (metiche) during a Tuesday news conference in response to the Texas politician’s recent comments about cartel violence in Mexico.
A Texas newspaper wrongly claimed a local attorney leaked the name of a government informant. That informant was later murdered in 2007 by his own criminal organization. However, the allegations published by the publication are erroneous, federal law enforcement officials
A Mexican scientist pleaded guilty to working for a foreign government while in the United States. The scientist, who admitted to having worked for Russian spies in Florida, faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
A Mexican politician is exposing what he alleges are corrupt practices within a leading border state university involving phantom companies to hide millions in funds, plus contract rigging.
A top soccer player in Mexico sent a video greeting to a fugitive drug lord whose cartel is linked to car bombs, IEDs, explosive drones, and mass murder.
The U.S. government stopped imports of Mexican avocado after cartels threatened an American inspector working in that country.
