Last month, a group of cartel gunmen stormed a mining camp, kidnapped ten employees of a Canadian mining company, and are believed to have murdered them. So far, authorities have been able to identify five of the bodies found in a clandestine mass grave.
Authorities in Mexico arrested two active Mexican military soldiers who were moonlighting as members of a security company and trying to smuggle a cocaine load on behalf of a cartel from Michoacan.
Migrants from countries other than Mexico have been purchasing false birth or marriage certificates that are then sent to the United States in order to avoid being deported to their country of origin.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum raised eyebrows this week when she announced that she had sent a diplomatic letter to the South Korean government on Mexico’s behalf, requesting that the K-Pop group BTS perform additional concerts in Mexico. The diplomatic request comes as Mexico continues to deal with constantly rising levels of cartel violence and increasing pressure from the U.S. to stop cartels.
Pressure is mounting in Mexico for the government to begin using the term “terrorism” when referring to the hyper-violent attacks carried out by drug cartels in that country. The move goes against the wishes of the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, who has repeatedly claimed that cartel violence is not terrorism.
Ryan Wedding, a fugitive Canadian drug boss who is a former Olympian and had made the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list, surrendered to authorities in Mexico. Almost immediately following the arrest, FBI agents flew Wedding to the United States to stand trial on numerous federal charges.
The government of Mexico sent 37 cartel operatives to the United States this week in yet another attempt to appease the Trump administration over American claims that authorities south of the border are not doing enough to stop cartels. Despite their “peace offerings,” Mexican military and government officials continue protecting the country’s top cartel boss, Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera — the leader of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
A group of locals in Mexico rioted and assaulted Mexican soldiers after they shut down a town party known colloquially as Mencho-Fest, honoring the leader of the terrorist organization known as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG).
The U.S. government continues to pressure Mexico into allowing military forces to enter the country and target drug cartel labs and key figures. Despite the mounting pressure, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum continues to oppose the move, claiming to stand for
A spokeswoman for Mexico’s ruling party, MORENA, sparked considerable controversy after publicly claiming that fighting organized crime is not doable because cartels are one of the country’s largest employers. In response to the outrage sparked by the comment, the MORENA party issued a statement distancing itself from it and claiming that political opponents were taking it out of context to attack them.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she ordered her country’s top diplomat to speak with the highest levels of the U.S. government to work on improving binational coordination in order to keep U.S. forces from carrying out direct attacks against cartels inside Mexico. This appears to be her latest effort to protect the violent drug trafficking cartels that exert political influence at every level of her country.
A Mexican legislator is trying to downplay her detention by U.S. authorities and the seizure of approximately $45,000 USD that she allegedly tried to cross into California. The politician claimed it was an oversight and that she was working to resolve the matter with U.S. authorities.
Mexico’s Government is publicly condemning the U.S. military actions taken overnight in Venezuela that led to the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro, who is wanted on drug trafficking charges. Mexico also called on the United Nations to intervene.
Mexico’s government has not been keeping track of the various cartel killing fields, crematoriums, and clandestine graves used throughout the country by criminal organizations. The move points to a systemic effort by government officials to hide the true scope of the violence that reigns over the country, mainly due to the out-of-control public corruption.
Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that her government would be helping the victims of a fatal train wreck that killed 13 people and injured 98 others. To support them, her government would provide each victim with 30,000 pesos (approximately $1,600) to cover expenses. Once the investigations are complete, the government will issue a second stipend.
Mexico’s federal security forces raided multiple properties tied to Ryan Wedding — a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming a billion‑dollar cartel trafficker — but the FBI Most Wanted fugitive remains at large despite a sweeping operation that uncovered drugs, weapons, and luxury assets.
The majority owner of the Miss Universe pageant, Raul Rocha, is the current target of an organized crime probe in Mexico, where the businessman is alleged to have taken part in weapons trafficking for the Gulf Cartel and illegal fuel trafficking.
Mexico’s President claimed she was outraged after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a series of America First measures that included cancelling 13 routes to and from an airport in Mexico City.
Senator Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, head of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), publicly accused MORENA Senate Coordinator Adán Augusto López of enabling cartel operations while serving as interior secretary and governor of Tabasco. He announced Tuesday that his party had formally asked U.S. federal agencies to investigate López’s alleged role in fuel smuggling, money laundering, and organized crime.
Mexico’s President is calling out the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for having announced a joint program with Mexico that she says she never agreed to.
A recently extradited cartel boss from Mexico, who is facing numerous federal drug trafficking charges in Virginia, was a favored government contractor in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. The state is controlled by the controversial governor from the MORENA party, Americo Villarreal.
Mexico’s government has once again sent over two dozen high-level cartel operators to the U.S. in an attempt to show cooperation with the Trump administration. The move comes just days after U.S. President Donald J. Trump threatened Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum with tariffs as a result of her country not having done enough to fight cartels.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed U.S. troops will not be entering her country to fight drug cartels. The claim comes just hours after a report pointed to U.S. President Donald Trump having signed a secret order directing the U.S. military to move against drug cartels.
As Mexico attempts to appease the Trump administration and avoid a series of tariffs over “not doing enough” to eradicate drug cartels, a new scandal surfaced that ties the top political elite in Mexico with one of the country’s most violent drug cartels. That cartel was labeled this year by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization.
Mexican authorities continue pushing a PR campaign on both the state and federal levels aimed at painting an embellished image that Mexico is fighting against organized crime. While government officials are busy announcing large deployments of police and military forces, as well as highlighting the arrests of minor criminals and portraying suspicious seizures as trophies, in reality, cartel bosses continue to operate with relative impunity.
The Trump Administration announced that it will be implementing a 30 percent tariff on all commercial goods that move north of the border. President Donald Trump took the punitive action due to Mexico’s failure to do enough against drug cartels
Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, criticized the U.S. government after the American Secretary of Agriculture announced the closure of the border to cattle from Mexico. The secretary ordered the closure due to the ongoing spread of the deadly New World Screwworm, a plague that can be fatal to humans.
The recent sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on two banks in Mexico and a brokerage firm sparked widespread controversy and speculations about the future of financial institutions in a country where even the White House has previously accused top Mexican government officials of having an intolerable relationship with drug cartels.
Rioters in Mexico City trashed cafes and looted stores in ritzy neighborhoods as they protested against tourism and foreigners who migrated there from the U.S. and Europe.
Mexico’s government is rushing to the aid of two Mexican-based banks and a brokerage firm that the U.S. Department of the Treasury accused of working with various cartels to launder money or helping them move money to China to pay for fentanyl precursors. Mexican officials questioned the validity of the Treasury Department’s sanctions, stating that the claims lack sufficient evidence to support the allegations.
A governor from Mexico’s ruling party is accused of using the judicial system to shut down a small, local news outlet that had operated for nearly 50 years.
Just one day after the U.S. Supreme Court shot down one lawsuit from Mexico’s government against various gun manufacturers, President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed that her government was moving forward with other lawsuits aimed at the gun industry.
Two of the most violent cartels in Mexico appear to be joining forces to create a “mega-cartel.” The cartel merger could tip the balance of power in the ongoing Sinaloa Cartel civil war. The two Narco-terrorist factions that make up
Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, refused to answer questions about her fear of cartels in order not to go against previous comments made by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
Mexican Senator Lilly Tellez (PAN-Sonora) blasted President Claudia Sheinbaum, demanding she “stop telling lies.” The senator accused her country’s president of having a close association with several lawyers who represent drug cartels during a fiery speech to the Mexican Senate.
A series of clashes involving the Foreign Terrorist Organization, Cartel Jalisco New Generation, brought three states to a standstill as gunmen carjacked dozens of buses and vehicles to set them on fire. The attacks created blockades along the main highways in the Mexican states of Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. The violence spread to 29 municipalities.
The increasing pressure placed by the U.S. government on Mexico to fight drug cartels has led to increased interest from U.S. and international media on the topic, which they had historically only covered in passing. This new interest has the potential to spell big trouble for Mexico’s government as news outlets are beginning to pay close attention to the deep-rooted connections between the highest levels of that country’s political elite and drug cartels.
Mexico’s Senate voted to approve a series of joint military exercises. In the coming days, 155 U.S. Marines will head south to train Mexican Navy infantrymen.
Mexican authorities tried to take a share of the credit for a large-scale meth seizure that was carried out by officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Roma, Texas.
Las autoridades mexicanas intentaron obtener parte del crédito por una incautación de metanfetamina a gran escala que en realidad fue realizada por oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) de Estados Unidos en Roma, Texas.