Cartel Violence

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed that there is no evidence that cartel gunmen fired on U.S. law enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The denial comes days after the U.S. government announced the deployment of hundreds of troops to secure the area after gunmen fired at U.S. Coast Guard boats.

A U.S. Coast Guard riverine boat crew patrolling the Texas-Mexico border came under fire from suspected Mexican cartel forces on Saturday, sparking an immediate tactical response from federal forces. The Guardsmen returned fire and successfully suppressed the threat, sustaining no injuries during the unprovoked cross-border attack.

A city in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon cancelled its yearly Independence Day celebration following two days of cartel shootouts in its surrounding areas. Those shootouts killed at least seven gunmen and led to several arrests by authorities.

Mexico’s government announced the deployment of more than 1,800 federal troops to the cartel-controlled state of Sinaloa. Despite prior deployments, the Sinaloa Cartel continues to wage a fierce turf war that has killed thousands and led to the disappearance of thousands more.

The government of Mexico announced that a member of the country’s National Guard, who published a video last week claiming his bosses and colleagues were working with local drug cartels, was found dead along with two other victims.

A 15-year-old gunman who worked as the bodyguard of his uncle, a top cartel leader in Michoacan, flaunted his lifestyle on social media. His story ended in a hail of gunfire when Mexican military forces hunted him down, killing him and his uncles during a raid targeting the leadership of the terror group known as Carteles Unidos.

Mexican authorities arrested two men in connection with the murder of a popular musician in Mexico and three members of his family, including their three-year-old daughter and the musician’s pregnant wife. The apparent motive for the mass killing was a debt or an attempt to steal bitcoin from the musician.

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 in that western state after intensified pressure from the United States government.

Cartels in Mexico have returned to the use of car and roadside bombs in a series of terror attacks in the western part of the country.

The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana issued a travel alert warning U.S. citizens to be cautious when visiting the popular city of Mexicali due to undisclosed cartel threats. Mexican news outlets are reporting that the threats are tied to the Rusos cell of the Sinaloa Cartel planning to attack police buildings.

Authorities in Mexico arrested the leader of a regional cartel that is linked to the ongoing wave of violence plaguing various cities in the Mexican Caribbean resort area, including Playa Del Carmen and Cancun.

Two gunmen riding a motorcycle shot and killed a popular social media influencer in the cartel-controlled Mexican state of Sinaloa. The public murder comes at a time when tensions continue to rise between Mexico and the United States over international pressure to fight drug cartels.

A Mexican cartel boss has placed a $ 50,000 USD bounty for the heads of U.S. agents operating in Mexico and Mexican military forces that took part in the arrest of one of his allies, as well as the information

Members of the United Cartels set fire to a town in the Mexican state of Michoacan following a military raid where authorities arrested one of the top leaders of the terrorist organization. That leader had previously been a top official within the Michoacan state police forces and still held sway over local law enforcement.

Mexican authorities arrested a top cartel figure from the terrorist group Cartel Jalisco New Generation who has been identified as the mastermind behind the murder of beloved anti-cartel politician Carlos Manzo.

Three police officers in Mexico died during an explosion allegedly caused by a car bomb during an apparent cartel attack.

At least four rifles seized in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas during cartel arrests are allegedly linked to the U.S. Department of State. A report by Mexico’s El Debate revealed that the rifles were part of various weapons seized during several cartel raids since late 2004.

On Monday morning, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada went before U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan, who handed down the life sentence. The sentence was anticipated ahead of time following his August 2025 guilty plea, where the Mexican drug lord admitted to multiple drug trafficking conspiracy charges linked to his role as one of the founders and top leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is blaming Biden-era policies of the United States government for having helped set off the fierce turf war that followed. The turf war erupted after the split between the two main factions of the Sinaloa Cartel following the arrest of the fearsome cartel boss Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is partnering with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to raise awareness and eliminate illegal straw-purchase gun sales in the Alamo City.

Authorities in Mexico arrested a cartel lieutenant in connection with allegations that he ordered the kidnapping and murder of a female journalist in Mexico.

A Mexican border state governor sparked a new controversy over the weekend when she posted a video asking Mexico’s federal government to stop hiding behind claims of sovereignty and surrender various politicians wanted by the U.S. government on drug trafficking conspiracy charges.

Authorities in Mexico are keeping quiet about the discovery of a mass grave with four bodies, including two men from Chicago who were reported missing in May.

Cartel violence continues to run wild in Mexico’s Caribbean resort areas, including the popular beach towns of Tulum, Playa Del Carmen and Cancun. Business leaders are demanding action from government officials, while Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum continues her public claims that crime has been decreasing under her watch.

Two mayors in central Mexican cities have been arrested on federal extortion charges, while authorities are currently searching for a third mayor. The mayors are all from the central state of Morelos.

Authorities in central Mexico are investigating the brutal murder of ten victims, including a 20-month-old child, at the hands of cartel gunmen. Authorities in Mexico claim the mass killing was in response to a family having forced one of the gunmen into a drug rehab center, from which he escaped.

A group of activists who search for mass graves and missing persons reported the discovery of two cartel incineration sites in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, just south of McAllen, Texas. This marks the 19th discovery of human remains by activists in that city alone this year.

A group of cartel gunmen carried out a brazen attack on a funeral procession in front of a squad of Mexican Army soldiers who did nothing to stop it. The attack comes at a time when the governor of that state, Sinaloa, had to take leave after him and nine of his closest allies were named as drug traffickers in a criminal indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Dozens of residents in the cartel-controlled city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, took a high risk by holding a protest, blocking one of the area’s main avenues, and asking to be able to live in peace. The protest follows an attack by gunmen from the Gulf Cartel that led to the murder of two innocent citizens with complete impunity, while the Tamaulipas government claims that the state is one of the safest in the nation.

The U.S. Government publicly identified the main operator behind a cartel propaganda network that benefited one of Mexico’s most violent terrorist organizations. The man claimed to be a human rights activist. Numerous international news outlets routinely quote that individual, further pushing his pro-cartel propaganda.

Once more, a group of gunmen pulled up to a bar in Cancun and fired several shots, killing one employee inside. The attack is the latest of its kind in a growing trend in the popular tourist destination, where criminal organizations carry out shooting attacks as part of an extortion operation, and a way to control the street-level sale of narcotics at those establishments.

Farmers and truckers across Mexico blocked highways peacefully to draw attention to the violence and the lack of government support. Rather than address the massive protests that brought the country to a standstill, President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed it was a political move by her opponents.

A member of the Sinaloa Cartel died over the weekend in an explosion shortly after flying into Mexico State. The incident has sparked renewed controversies about Mexico’s refusal to label cartels as terrorist organizations despite their terror-style tactics.

A group of gunmen in Mexico fired into a bar in the popular beach resort city of Cancun, injuring five people. The shooting comes just days after a similar shooting in Playa Del Carmen, another popular tourist destination.