As more money continues to flow into the pockets of Mexican drug cartels, traffickers need to maintain a solid network of places—often along the southwest border—where they can launder drug money. However, in an attempt to stymie these efforts, several major US banks have been closing numerous branches in the region and shutting down hundreds of customer accounts.
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs under George W. Bush, Roger Noriega, asserted in multiple interviews this week that the United States has ample evidence that high-ranking government Venezuelan officials are involved in cocaine trafficking, and that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has used drug money to run his campaign.
In a span of just two days, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have discovered two drug tunnels—one complete and the other in progress—spanning the California-Mexico border.
A recent statement released by the federal government acknowledged that street gangs in the U.S. work as hired foot soldiers for Mexican and Central American transnational criminal organizations. The revelation was made by U.S. law enforcement after a massive national raid that
Before Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman was sharing a bed with Daniel Craig in the upcoming Bond film Spectre, the woman grew up in one of the most volatile regions of Mexico, and her brother says she’s lucky she got out.
A report from the Justice Department alleges that agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency had “sex parties” with prostitutes in the employ of drug cartels.
Britain should scrap its war on drugs and focus resources on helping addicts, business tycoon Richard Branson and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg have said. Highlighting research which shows no correlation between drug laws and drug use, the pair have
Mexican drug cartels may be raking in billions of dollars in profits every year, but new figures from both the United States and Mexican sources indicate marijuana from south of the border may be accounting for a much smaller share than before. Some drug war observers believe that legalization measures in certain U.S. states are causing not only a decline in marijuana smuggling, but a decline in Mexico’s homicide rate as well.
Sandra Ávila Beltrán, also known as the “Queen of the Pacific” for her alleged cocaine smuggling and money laundering activities, was released from a Mexican prison after winning her appeal. Most people picture the highest level leaders in a drug
The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed consideration of Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General. Committee member Sen. David Vitter says he wants to dig into Lynch’s role in the federal prosecution of HSBC in 2012.
A special detail of Mexican federal authorities have arrived to this Mexican border city in an effort to locate the final resting place of hundreds of individuals who have been reported missing and are believed to have ended up in shallow mass graves.
Mexican authorities have confirmed that drug cartel gunmen kidnapped the dean of a state funded Mexican border university more than a month ago and his fate remains unknown.
Mexican authorities are looking into a shootout in a rural town in the Mexican state of Michoacán that killed five members of a self-defense group.
Two shootouts in the Mexican state of Michoacán have left 9 dead and led to the arrest of 44 suspects.
