A Mexican national will spend 21 years in a U.S. prison for taking a female migrant hostage, demanding ransom from her family, and then dumping her nude remains on the side of a road.
A Texas man with a long criminal history will spend 24 years in prison for supplying Fentanyl-laced drugs to two victims who died from overdoses.
A Texas-based Cuban national who ran a trafficking operation with cartel ties will spend more than 12 years in prison for moving large quantities of drugs from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to the U.S.
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.
A federal judge sentenced a man and woman to prison for their roles in the kidnapping and torturing of a 16-year-old male who allegedly stole a drug load in Laredo, Texas. The kidnappers tried to get the teen’s family to pay for the stolen drugs.
A police officer from El Paso will spend two years in prison for her role in helping her stepfather run a cocaine distribution operation out of his house.
Unknown perpetrators killed two Canadians and injured a third victim at a resort in Playa Del Carmen, a short drive from Cancun. One of the victims was an international fugitive for computer fraud charges.
Two industry executives behind famous narco-musicians face money laundering charges in a U.S. federal court. The duo is behind some of the biggest names in narco-ballad genre.
Officials in Kansas are pointing to extreme heat as the main factor behind the deaths of thousands of head of cattle.
Cartel gunmen tried to ambush a squad of Mexican military officers, setting off a fierce shootout where authorities killed 11 and arrested seven more.
A human smuggler from Mexico will spend almost 18 years in prison for shooting a handgun at U.S. Border Patrol agents in West Texas in January.
Federal authorities arrested an alleged human smuggler accused of kidnapping a Honduran female for six weeks to extort her family. The smuggler was in the U.S. illegally and has a deportation record.
Authorities in Mexico dismantled three clandestine laboratories and seized chemicals used to produce synthetic drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel. No arrests were performed at the sites, however.
A trucker from Mexico is facing drug charges in the U.S. for allegedly trying to smuggle 120 gallons of liquid meth inside the vehicle’s gas tanks. The drugs had an estimated street value of $18 million.
A former U.S. marine who ran a drug-smuggling organization that worked with several Mexican drug cartels will now spend 16 years in prison. The former Marine conspired to smuggle at least 10 tons of cocaine into the US each month.
Mexican authorities arrested the former head of the cyber intelligence unit for Mexico City Police on allegations that he used his position to spy on political rivals.
A trucker pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle 73 migrants through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint 80 miles north of the Texas border.
An elementary school teacher from South Texas will spend six years in prison for sexually exploiting underage girls from the Philippines via social media.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was sentenced to almost two years in prison for his role in helping smuggle migrants past an immigration checkpoint in Texas.
A woman from California who allegedly tried to carry more than $114,000 into Mexico via taxicab faces federal cash smuggling charges. The woman reportedly hid the cash inside her purse and jacket.
A trucker from Louisiana looking to earn $50,000 in one trip faces a possible prison sentence after a federal jury convicted him on human smuggling charges. The man tried to move 52 migrants in a tractor-trailer.
A federal jury in Texas convicted a truck driver from North Carolina for his role in a human smuggling organization, including stuffing an underage pregnant female in a tractor-trailer with 79 other migrants.
A trio from Nashville pleaded guilty to smuggling millions of dollars worth of fentanyl and heroin into Texas and then on to several U.S. cities for a Mexican drug cartel. The group moved multiple drug loads from the border region to their final destination in Tennessee before being arrested by authorities last year.
Two cartel-connected human smugglers will spend five years in prison for leaving at least three migrants to die in South Texas while trying to trek around a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.
Fifteen members of one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to helping smuggle tons quantities of drugs into Texas. The cartel members will be sentenced later this year.
A U.S. agriculture inspector whose job was to keep disease and pests out of the country pleaded guilty to letting ranchers bypass animal quarantines in exchange for bribes. The inspector received between $40,000 and $95,000 from Mexican cattlemen for allowing them to cross into Texas without incident.
Six men who allegedly worked for a Mexican cartel are facing possible life terms in prison if they are convicted on federal drug conspiracy charges. The men are accused of operating a cocaine smuggling cell based in south Texas.
Jurors in Florida found a Colombian man guilty of using a speed boat to move one ton of cocaine from Central America with the intent of moving drugs through Mexico and ultimately the U.S.
A federal court sentenced a former U.S. Army Soldier to 17-years in prison for making child porn using a 2-year-old child. At the time of the crime, the man served on active duty as a soldier stationed in Fort Bliss.
A Texas border city man who worked as a jail guard in New Mexico faces federal kidnapping charges for taking a woman by force across state lines. He is also accused of illegal possession of a firearm after a prior conviction.
Central American migrants and Mexican immigration officials clashed in several encounters as authorities try to keep a group of about 500 at the southern border of the country. The caravan is one of the first to make a push since news broke about the U.S. removing Title 42 Covid-19 migrant removal orders.
A Texas border man with links to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel will spend 20 years in prison for kidnapping two migrants and forcing their relatives to pay a ransom.
A Texas border city man will spend 16 years in prison for making child porn with a four-year-old.
A Texas border man who routinely traveled to Mexico to prey on underage girls will now spend 10 years in prison. Authorities arrested him when he tried to illegally smuggle one of the girls, who was pregnant at the time, into the U.S.
McALLEN, Texas — A foreign soccer coach living in south Texas illegally was sent to prison for almost 18 years for attempting to and collecting intimate content from of his underage female players.
A former Mexican border state governor facing election fraud charges will remain in jail after a judge denied bond. The arrest sparked controversy over allegations of political prosecution.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Two women were sent to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to buy food using government aid programs before the items were ultimately resold in Mexico — totaling 75 tons and an excess of $1 million in proceeds.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing a prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges in connection with the smuggling of prescription medicine and liquor into Laredo, Texas.
Cancun is considered one of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world at 40th place, according to a Mexican nongovernmental organization’s study. The violence in the region could actually be worse than the figures describe.
A top Sinaloa Cartel enforcer will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. prison for his role in helping the organization trade more than $1 billion in cocaine for weapons to support turf wars at the U.S.-Mexico Border.