Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, denounced the war on drugs, claiming that her government was not going to go that route because killing drug traffickers is a fascist approach that violates their rights. The comments come at a time when Mexico’s government has been harshly criticized worldwide for the raging cartel violence and the government corruption that has enabled it.
The cartel-connected governor of the Mexican state of Michoacan had to leave a ceremony and wake held to honor Carlos Manzo, the murdered Mayor of Uruapan, who had become famous in Mexico for his hard stance against cartels. Amid insults, shoves, and shouts, Governor Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla had to make a quick exit after trying to attend the event. Hours later, hundreds of protesters vandalized the governor’s palace and even attempted to torch it during a protest over Manzo’s murder and the raging cartel violence that plagues Michoacan.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury outed and sanctioned a human smuggling organization based in Cancun that focused on moving the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and South America. The organization used yachts to move thousands of migrants into Mexico, from where it would work with other groups to get them to California.
One of the most vocal federal senators in Mexico publicly claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump is right in his statements about the country being ruled by drug cartels.
A new controversy spread in Mexico as two sons of the country’s former President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) are allegedly being tied to a large-scale cartel-connected fuel theft and smuggling network.
Two cartel-controlled states in Mexico cancelled their Independence Day celebrations on Monday in several of their communities over concerns of cartel attacks and violence. The cancellations come at a time when the U.S. government has labelled six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
The ongoing scandal surrounding Mexico’s Navy and top government officials is expected to lead to more than 200 arrests. Two recent deaths within the naval institution have sparked widespread speculation about targeted killings to cover up or block the ongoing investigation.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is stepping up its efforts to identify the ways that drug cartels move their funds. Most recently, Treasury officials identified the presence of Chinese money laundering networks that are working with Mexican drug cartels and other criminal entities to move large sums of cash.
In a dramatic escalation of the federal government’s war on transnational drug cartels, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported the seizure of a record-breaking shipment of illicit drug precursor chemicals en route from China to drug cartels in Mexico — before they could be weaponized and unleashed on American streets.
Mexican President Claudia Shainbaum once again sparked controversy by denying praise from U.S. officials who had complimented her country’s increased efforts to fight cartels. Sheinbaum said that is not true and that her government is heavily restricting any work by foreign agents in her country.
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.
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.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is taking a leading role in the ongoing war against terrorist drug cartels, said Secretary Scott Bessent. In a recent interview with Breitbart News, Bessent stated the Treasury Department is leveraging all the financial tools at their disposal to fight criminal organizations. “We are coming for them,” he stated.
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
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.
Authorities in Mexico arrested 11 members of the country’s National Guard for protecting an alleged cartel fuel theft operation in Central Mexico. The arrest comes at a time when the U.S government has singled out the theft of fuel and its underground market as one of the biggest revenue makers for drug cartels in Mexico.
A popular singer from Chiapas, Mexico has announced he has cancelled his U.S. tour after the Trump administration denied his visa request.
Federal authorities arrested several members of a cartel-connected Houston-based drug ring that allegedly used taco trucks to store and distribute different kinds of drugs. The group reportedly moved large quantities of multiple drugs including heroin, meth, cocaine, mushrooms, pills and marijuana.
With polls showing widespread public support for deporting criminal illegal immigrants, Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earl-Sears isn’t going to let Democratic opponent Abigail Spanberger off the hook for disparaging comments she made about raids at a Virginia courthouse last month.
A Utah oil magnate and his family are free on bond as they await trial on federal money laundering charges tied to a complex cartel oil smuggling scheme. The family members are charged with smuggling more than $300 million in cartel oil into Texas and then selling it.
Universities in western Mexico were forced to close their doors due to the raging cartel violence in Sinaloa, which led to hundreds of murders, hundreds of forced disappearances, arson attacks, and other acts of violence. The schools are forced to offer remote classes despite the many claims made by Mexican government officials that security is improving in the region.
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.
Influential groups in Mexico were working with U.S. oil companies to smuggle thousands of barrels of stolen oil north, only to then move them back south of the border as part of an intricate laundering operation. The case is tied to multiple raids and seizures on both sides of the border that have the potential to shake up Mexico’s political elite due to the cartel connections in these operations.
Poderosos grupos en México colaboraban con compañías petroleras estadounidenses para contrabandear miles de barriles de petróleo robado hacia el norte, para luego devolvérselo al sur de la frontera como parte de una compleja operación de lavado de activos. El caso está vinculado a múltiples redadas e incautaciones en ambos lados de la frontera que podrían sacudir a la élite política mexicana debido a las conexiones de los cárteles en estas operaciones.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has unleashed a massive “pressure campaign” on violent cartels in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, with Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent sharing his progress on President Donald Trump’s vision for a “stronger, safer, and more prosperous America” exclusively to Breitbart News.
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 U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) transferred control and administrative jurisdiction of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the New Mexico-Mexico border to the Department of the Army. The move by the Interior Department is to comply with President Donald Trump’s order for the U.S. military to take control of federal land along our southern border.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday announced that the Trump administration placed sanctions on four individuals tied to La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican cartel linked to fentanyl and human trafficking.
Concertgoers in Mexico trashed a venue and cursed out a popular recording artist after he announced that he was not allowed to perform his popular narco-songs that praise ruthless cartel lords.
U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) will head a new House Cartel Task Force, which will function under the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded approximately 48,000 pounds of illicit narcotics with a street value estimated to be worth more than $509 million at Port Everglades, Florida, on Wednesday. The offloaded contraband, a result of thirteen offshore interdictions in international waters, will involve 11 separate criminal cases.
Trafficking fentanyl into the United States Is a billion-dollar enterprise for the Mexican drug cartels, the Treasury Department reported.
A joint federal law enforcement operation conducted in Lubbock, Texas, led to the arrest of 22 suspected members of a narcotics trafficking ring working in West Texas. According to FBI Director Kash Patel, one member of the ring is suspected
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.
President Donald Trump touted the success of his new administration’s border security and immigration policies during a Tuesday-night speech to a joint session of Congress. The president summed up the dramatic shift in migrant border encounter numbers, saying simply, “All we really needed was a new president.”
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly blamed Americans struggling with addiction as the cause of her country facing a new set of tariffs from the Trump administration. She chose to blame victims of cartel drug trafficking rather than ruthless drug lords who enjoy the protection of Mexico’s government.
Mexico’s top security officials revealed that they had information that some of the 28 top cartel drug lords extradited to U.S. authorities last week could have been released by corrupt judges. The historic move occurred on the same day that Mexico’s security cabinet traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with some U.S. cabinet, military, and law enforcement officials.
