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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) sparked controversy this week when he said that areas controlled by a cartel have fewer murders. Critics claimed the statement was another example of the national leader’s soft approach toward organized crime.

Mexican military personnel are stealing body armor to sell to cartels, top officials said.

Gunmen claiming to be former Mexican military tried to kidnap members of a Texas family visiting the border state of Nuevo Leon this week. The incident took place at a Holiday Inn on one of the main avenues in the Monterrey Metro.

Authorities at Mexico City’s Airport seized luggage containing clothing coated with cocaine. The clothing appeared normal upon visual inspection, but was dipped in a cocaine solution.

The Sinaloa and Gulf Cartels stand to possibly benefit from this weekend’s gubernatorial election in Tamaulipas, with particular respect for the border state’s sea and land ports of entry.

The daughter of a Mexican border city politician is now listed as a fugitive by the U.S. after she failed to appear in court in a drug trafficking case.

A Mexican senator lashed out at members of the country’s ruling political party. She accused Morena members of hypocrisy and benefiting from organized crime.

A recently elected Mexican border city mayor is currently on the run amid a corruption investigation by Tamaulipas state authorities.

Authorities in a Mexican border state seized a van registered to Mexico’s Congress as it was being used to spread propaganda for the country’s ruling party. The seizure comes as the state of Tamaulipas prepares for a contested gubernatorial race.

A school district in South Texas shut down campuses for the remainder of this week after police discovered an AK-47 and an apparent kill list in a suspect’s home.

Mexico’s Supreme Court recently ruled that interior immigration checkpoints are unconstitutional since they violate the right to equality and non-discrimination. The decision comes at a time when Mexico is seeing a record-setting numbers of migrants entering from its southern border and making their way to the U.S.

El asesinato de una guardia de prisión estatal en frente de su familia por presuntos pistoleros del Cartel del Golfo en Tamaulipas parece ser un acto de venganza por el asesinato de tres comandantes del cartel dentro de un centro de detención. Antes del asesinato, la policía arrestó a otros cuatro guardias de en una prisión en relación con el asesinato de los tres miembros del cartel.

The murder of a Mexican border state prison guard by suspected Gulf Cartel gunmen at her home appears to be revenge for three homicides inside a detention facility. Prior to the killing, cops arrested four other prison guards in connection with the murders.

Approximately 15 cartel gunmen barged into a hotel and two nearby bars where they shot indiscriminately before setting fire to the buildings, killing 11 in central Mexico.

El hijo de un importante político mexicano que actualmente es candidato a gobernador de un estado fronterizo ha sido fichado en Europa por presuntos fraudes bancarios. El hijo del político también es parte de la estructura financiera de su padre quien ya ha sido exhibido públicamente en México a un ya fallecido magnate del robo de combustible que tenia estrechas relaciones con el crimen organizado.

The son of a top Mexican politician who is currently a border state gubernatorial candidate has been flagged for bank fraud in Europe. The politician’s son is also part of the politician’s financial structure, which has already been publicly linked in Mexico to a late cartel-connected fuel theft mogul.

Federal authorities arrested a cartel member who was at one point wanted in connection to the murder of a Mexican politician. While the suspect’s involvement has since been ruled out, the man is linked to at least another murder in Mexico and has previously been deported from the U.S.

As the Biden Administration is slow to respond to a severe shortage of baby formula in the United States, stores throughout Mexico are fully stocked especially with the high-demand Enfamil brand.

Federal authorities announced the discovery of a 1,700-foot sophisticated narco-tunnel running from Tijuana to a California warehouse. Officials also seized a large volume of drugs and arrested six suspects.

The arrest of a top aide to a politically connected fuel-theft mogul who was killed last year sparked a new wave of controversy in northern Mexico as the region prepares for this summer’s gubernatorial elections.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sparked controversy for defending his country’s soldiers after a video showed them retreating from a convoy of cartel members. The president claimed the escape protected the lives of cartel gunmen.

A Mexican border state governor and the attorney general are clashing over controversies stemming from female homicides in the region.

Gunmen shot and killed two journalists in a brazen daylight attack in the state of Veracruz. The murders mark the 11th and 12th of their kind in 2022.

A group of gunmen fired into two separate bars in Cancun killing two people and injuring nine others. The shooting attack comes as the region is experiencing a wave of violence linked to a cartel turf war leaving tourists caught in the middle.

Gunmen kidnapped and killed a well-respected journalist in western Mexico and later left his body in a rural area wrapped in plastic. The murder marks the 10th of its kind in 2022 and 34th during President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador first term of office.

Due to a noticeable increase in migrants and the removal of a makeshift camps, authorities in Reynosa are increasing police patrols.

A Democrat border county judge in Texas invited President Joe Biden to visit his region before making a decision on Title 42 and related policies. The Texas politician had largely avoided commenting on the heated border issues even though his county is one of the hardest hit by the current migration crisis.

Un grupo de sicarios del Cartel del Golfo mató a una oficial de policía del estado fronterizo e hirió a otra oficial en un tiroteo durante un secuestro, a solo unas millas al sur de la frontera con Texas. El secuestro estuvo relacionado con el contrabando ilegal de inmigrantes a Texas.

Gulf Cartel gunmen killed one female Mexican state police officer and injured another in a shootout during a kidnapping bust, just miles south of the Texas border. The abduction was tied to the smuggling of migrants into the U.S.

A top commander with one of Mexico’s most violent cartels died over the weekend after a shootout with authorities. The cartel figure is one of several named in the investigation of the December 2020 assassination of former Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval.

Communities along the Texas border with Mexico are bracing for a massive surge of migrants that are expected to arrive after the Biden administration implements the end of Title 42 removals. Local and county officials claim they will need the federal government to step up and help as the number of migrants arriving in their cities is expected to grow exponentially.

A prominent South Texas attorney will spend nearly four years in federal prison for his role in selling information to Mexican cartel smugglers.

Authorities in Arizona are probing the death of a woman who apparently got tangled upside-down on a border fence this week.

Three Mexican governors signed an agreement with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and a fourth accord is imminent to end additional vehicle inspections at ports. The deals are contingent on Mexican authorities improving their security operations to curb human smuggling and drug trafficking.

The mayor of one of the largest border cities in Texas sent a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to reconsider keeping the Title 42 policies set to end on May 23. The request by the Texas politician comes as the U.S. sees a rise in the coronavirus BA.2 variant.

Un grupo de sicarios del Cártel Del Golfo prendió fuego a tres camiones con trailers afuera de un puente internacional. El incendio de los vehículos sucede en un momento en que los camioneros y los políticos de ambos lados de la frontera han estado protestando por una serie de inspecciones ordenadas por el gobernador de Texas por la próxima eliminación de las deportaciones de inmigración del Título 42.