A group of private organizations filed a series of complaints with Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office accusing key members of Mexico’s ruling party of receiving stolen federal funds destined for pediatric cancer treatments. The groups claim theft of the missing funds led to the deaths of more than 5,000 children with cancer.
A Mexican politician who is the ex-husband of a current border state governor is one of 21 individuals tied to the Sinaloa Cartel who are facing a new set of sanctions from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Mexico’s top security official Omar Garcia Harfuch confirmed that last week’s “historic” cartel fuel seizure was not what they led people to believe.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is blaming the raging cartel violence that she is unable to control in her country on the meddling of the U.S. government for arresting the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. Her comments come at a time when the U.S. government continues to pressure Mexico to eradicate terrorist cartels and go after politicians who protect cartels.
A Mexican politician from the country’s ruling party is believed to have used her influence to pressure the Mexican military to release her son-in-law. The man was the target of a raid focused on a terrorist cartel extortion operation in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
Mexico’s government has eggs on its face after it carried out a large-scale raid at a fuel depot and tried to pass it off as a historic cartel fuel-theft raid. The embarrassing news came amid the victory dance when the company that owns the fuel depot produced documents and receipts showing the depot was in legal standing and had all the needed permits.
A federal senator from Mexico’s ruling party MORENA has come under political fire after directly threatening a journalist who exposed the cartel connections and an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into a fellow senator from the same party.
Vast territories in Mexico are not controlled by the state, but by terrorist cartels, said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adding that Mexico’s efforts to stop them are not nearly enough. In his statements, Rubio implied that the threat posed by terrorist cartels will be dealt with, with or without Mexico’s help.
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 mayor in the central Mexican state of Puebla is in federal police custody in connection with his alleged leadership role in a criminal organization that carried out large-scale highway robberies. The robberies targeted tractor-trailers moving commercial goods.
A series of comments by the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sparked new controversy in Mexico, as he pointed to “high-level officials” within the government as “working directly” with Mexican terrorist organizations such as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel.
Conflict and division have descended over Mexico’s ruling party MORENA after one of their state governors went back to his post despite being a fugitive from the United States Department of Justice and facing a criminal indictment on drug trafficking and weapons charges. The move by the accused drug trafficker led to the MORENA party turning its back on him and publicly distancing itself from him.
Argentina’s government sent to Mexico a Mexican Navy vice admiral wanted for his alleged role in a fuel smuggling conspiracy that is believed to include some of the country’s top military brass and politicians at the highest levels.
An accused drug trafficker has resumed his post as governor of Sinaloa in Mexico, despite being a wanted fugitive of the U.S. Department of Justice. The move comes as tensions continue to rise between the U.S. Government and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has been actively defending the politician.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rushed to defend the son of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) after the U.S. Department of State revoked his visa, and various news outlets linked him to the cartel-connected illegal fuel market. Sheinbaum claimed there is no evidence of wrongdoing on the politician’s part and that the visa revocation was carried out for political purposes.
As Mexico’s political elite are acting offended after the U.S. revoked the visa of the son of former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), a top diplomat from the U.S. Department of State took to social media to troll them, claiming that more controversy is in the works.
The son of former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a rage-filled letter to U.S. President Donald Trump claiming that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy SOS Christopher Landau had acted in a Hitlerian manner by revoking his tourist visa as part of a political witch hunt aimed at targeting his father and Mexico’s ruling party MORENA.
Authorities in Mexico arrested a former governor in connection with the cover-up of an infamous massacre where police forces kidnapped 43 education students during a protest. The police turned them over to cartel gunmen who are believed to have slaughtered them and disposed of their bodies.
A group of gunmen claiming to be from the Sinaloa Cartel released a video and various social media messages calling out the deals between Mexico’s government and drug cartels. The messages came just days after the same criminal organization hung multiple bodies from an overpass in Mexico.
At least eight state police officers from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas are under investigation for the alleged kidnapping of a local businessman who was forced to pay a ransom for his release.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum demanded that the U.S. government show proof after the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned multiple cartel businesses that allegedly funded political campaigns in Mexico.
Mexican federal authorities re-arrested a top cartel boss who used his political connections and social activism to hide his criminal empire. The cartel figure was arrested in 2022, but with the help of state officials, was able to be released from prison until his capture this weekend.
Authorities in Mexico arrested a cartel lieutenant in connection with allegations that he ordered the kidnapping and murder of a female journalist in Mexico.
The governor of Sinaloa filed a letter to the state legislature in an attempt to help a fugitive police chief who is wanted by the U.S. government on drug trafficking conspiracy charges get his pension while he continues to live in her state.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum fired back at U.S. President Donald J. Trump over his cartel-related statements at the G7 Summit. Trump claimed that Mexico was under the control of drug cartels. In her retort to Trump, Sheinbaum claimed he was misinformed and tried to defuse the situation, saying she did not have to enter into a controversy each time he made a comment.
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.
U.S. federal law enforcement officers extradited a former Mexican Customs agent who is wanted in his home country on organized crime charges.
Gunmen from Mexico’s terrorist group Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) ambushed a group of police officers, shooting ten of them in an attack where five of those officers died. While authorities have confirmed the attack, little has been done to capture the gunmen.
A group of gunmen shot and killed a journalist in Mexico. The crime comes just days after a female journalist was kidnapped in the same state of Veracruz. The attack is even more alarming as the murdered journalist was under government protection after having received threats from law enforcement.
Mexico’s former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stands accused of crimes against humanity in a complaint filed by a rival political party. The complaint blames him as the root cause of the partnership between Mexico’s government and cartels, which led to more than 200,000 deaths and 150,000 forced disappearances, as well as several other crimes under his watch.
Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has come out of retirement by publishing a letter in which he defends his successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the cartel-connected politicians singled out by the U.S. government in recent days. In his letter, he calls for the return of the Donald Trump of his first term and claims that the allegations against the members of his MORENA party are all politically motivated and aimed at supporting opposition parties.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum was quick to rush to the defense of two more governors from her party, MORENA, who sparked a new controversy after a series of reports revealed that they were the target of cartel investigations by the U.S. government and that they had their visas revoked. Both Mexican governors denied the reports.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum lashed out against U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson, telling him to butt out of her country’s domestic issues. The comment came in response to Johnson’s earlier statement that the fight against cartels was not political. The scuffle comes at a time of great tension between both countries, as Sheinbaum has been fiercely
Mexico’s Congress is moving to amend the country’s constitution to ensure the ruling party remains in power. The move comes at a time when the U.S. government has been exposing the close ties between Mexico’s ruling party, MORENA, and drug cartels while moving to arrest some of its top operators.
Mexico’s government is trying to prosecute a border state governor. Her crime — working with U.S. agencies to fight drug cartels.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum drew harsh criticism this week for a series of comments she made, telling the people not to watch a critical Mexican TV station that consistently reports on the government’s cartel ties.
Mexico’s second-highest official became the butt of jokes after her late arrival to a top-level cabinet meeting, where she was seen struggling to get off the back of a motorcycle, remove a pink helmet, and run inside.
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.
Mexico’s financial enforcement groups moved to freeze the assets of Sinaloa’s governor and nine of his closest allies who are wanted on drug charges in the U.S. President Claudia Sheinbaum, however, was quick to defend his innocence, claiming that the move was not the result of an investigation in Mexico.
The U.S. Consulate in Matamoros is on high alert after the murder of a Mexican federal officer who was assigned to the building’s security detail. While Mexico’s government is trying to downplay the murder as a traffic incident, U.S. consular officials are actively investigating to determine if there is a direct threat to any U.S. personnel, as the incident appears to have been a targeted attack.
