Funcionarios del gobierno mexicano están tratando de encubrir una explosión mortal en una casa que mató a tres miembros de una agencia de seguridad estatal fronteriza. Las autoridades atribuyen la explosión a una fuga de gas accidental, sin embargo, el Cártel de Sinaloa se atribuyó el ataque a través de un comunicado.
Mexican officials are trying to cover up a home explosion that killed three members of a border state law enforcement agency. Authorities blame an accidental gas leak, however, the Sinaloa Cartel is now claiming credit for the blast.
Mexico’s lower congressional chamber held a midnight vote that gave ultimate control of their civilian federal police force to the nation’s military. The move sparked much controversy as Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his party had campaigned to de-militarizing the country as a way to diminish the rampant cartel violence.
Congresswoman Mayra Flores (R-TX) wants to defund Mexican cartels by removing some of their primary revenue sources: human smuggling and trafficking.
A Texas border judge appears to have set a $5,000 bond on a woman from Mexico who is facing money laundering charges. Authorities stopped the woman from trying to cross to Mexico with $250,000 and two handguns.
One of Mexico’s most controversial mass killings where 43 students headed to a protest were kidnapped by police and cartel allies took a turn in recent days. New evidence indicates the order to kill and dispose of their remains came from drug lords in Chicago.
Unknown gunmen shot and killed a Mexican journalist in the coastal state of Guerrero Tuesday. The murder is the third of its kind in August and the 16th in 2022. Press freedom organizations now call the current year the deadliest for news workers in Mexico.
Mexican authorities arrested the country’s former top prosecutor in connection with the investigation and coverup of a massacre of 43 education students. The murders allegedly took place at the hands of cartel gunmen and corrupt cops.
Authorities in Mexico found the body of a journalist who had been reported missing days prior. The killing marks the fifteenth of its kind in 2022.
Three gunmen wearing facemasks claimed to be U.S. Marshals during a home invasion in Arizona. The fake feds allegedly beat one of the attacker’s estranged wife and mother-in-law with a baseball bat.
The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana issued a shelter in place alert after cartel members torched numerous vehicles and cars in five of the main cities in the border state of Baja California. The attacks are tied to an apparent demand by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels to release some jailed members.
Cartel gunmen shot and killed a radio crew and several bystanders during a series of attacks on businesses throughout Ciudad Juarez. Authorities note 11 murders and several cars and businesses set on fire in a span of 10 hours. The violence is attributed to a cartel turf war that began inside a local prison.
Cartel gunmen unleashed a wave of terror in two Mexican states where they blocked roads, torched dozens of vehicles, set fire to businesses, and shot weapons into the air. The simultaneous attacks came as a response to an army raid.
Gunmen barged into a bar in rural Mexico, shooting the patrons and employees resulting in eight killed and five injured Friday.
A clash between cartel gunmen led to the discovery of at least six bodies and two severed heads along a highway north of the tourist hotspot of Acapulco.
Gunmen shot and killed a Mexican journalist at a bar in the central state of Guanajuato. The murder is the fourteenth of its kind in 2022.
The son of the ultimate leader of the Gulf Cartel pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle rifles from Texas to Mexico while on parole. The troubled cartel heir has a history of arrests in Texas and still faces assault charges in a Brownsville bar stabbing incident.
Cartel gunmen rigged an explosive device at a crime scene where they left a dismembered body in Central Mexico. Officials claim the ensuing explosion injured three officers was an intentional attack on state police late last week.
Mexico’s president claims the U.S. government is funding environmental groups attempting to block one of his pet projects — a rail project near the resort of Cancun. As a result, this week, he reclassified the project as one of national security importance.
The owner of a Texas border city pawnshop pleaded guilty to selling thousands of ammunition rounds to individuals in the country illegally.
The Texas capital city is suffering from a dramatic shortage of police officers resulting in increased response times to 911 calls — often more than 30 minutes. While the city is struggling to find enough officers to answer calls, the mayor’s security detail remains fully staffed and unaffected.
A fearsome narco-terrorist with a history of using car bombs has been outed along with his criminal organization for playing a key role in electioneering for an incoming Mexican border state governor. The Gulf Cartel cell tried to disguise itself in the past by claiming to be a self-defense group.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer will spend 10 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers get loads into the country in exchange for bribes.
A Democrat congressman from Texas is linked to a local blogger who published racially charged content calling the opposing Republican Latina Congresswoman “Miss Frijoles.”
A Mexican federal judge issued an injunction to delay any attempts by the U.S. to extradite infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is wanted for the murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.
Mexico’s Navy arrested Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, for the 1985 murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.
Mexican authorities had a large-scale shootout on the outskirts of Mexico City, where members of the Sinaloa Cartel were holding kidnapping victims.
Un temible narcoterrorista con un historial de uso de coches bomba, logró establecer a través de los años, no solo una ruta del trasiego de drogas, sino también un corredor de contrabando de personas y una lucrativa operación de robo de combustible. El capo, ahora encarcelado, trató de disfrazar su organización al afirmar que lideraba un “grupo de autodefensa” creado para proteger a la ciudadanía de los cárteles.
A fearsome narco-terrorist with a history of using car bombs managed to establish drug and human smuggling corridors on top of a lucrative fuel theft operation. The now-jailed crime lord tried to disguise his organization by claiming it was a “self-defense group” to protect local innocents from cartels.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels posted a social media video where they asked other cartels in the country to keep the violence amongst themselves and to avoid hurting innocents, especially priests and pastors. The video comes just two weeks after a cell of the Sinaloa Cartel murdered two Catholic priests inside a church sparking international outrage.
A former president of Mexico is the target of an investigation in his country, where authorities claim relatives funneled millions of pesos to his personal accounts in Spain.
Mexican state authorities arrested a fearsome narco-terrorist who had been linked in the past to car bombs. He is also the leader of a Gulf Cartel faction masquerading as a self-defense group.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) called for the removal of the Statue of Liberty in New York if the U.S. proceeds with the extradition and prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Mexico’s military clashed with gunmen from the Sinaloa Cartel in a fierce battle over the weekend. They terrorized a town in an attempt to rescue a detained cell leader.
A Mexican soldier was killed in a training exercise in 2020, Mexico’s Human Rights Commission (CNDH) revealed.
Authorities in Mexico are looking into the work of a slain journalist as one of the main motives for his murder Wednesday morning in the border state of Tamaulipas.
Gunmen shot and killed a career journalist in the border state of Tamaulipas outside his home this week.
Mexico’s government issued approximately 3,000 travel permits to members of a migrant caravan that arrived over the weekend in Chiapas. Rather than trying to stop the group, authorities issued permits and allowed them to continue north in a fragmented manner.
Cartel gunmen ambushed a police squad in a Mexican border state, killing six and injuring four. The attack took place a few miles south of the Texas border near Nuevo Laredo, a city under the control of the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.
A Mexican legislator openly challenged a federal judge who issued an injunction to keep the congress of a border state from meeting. The move came after the judge reportedly tried to prosecute various politicians for meeting and voting on legislative measures.
