Three individuals connected to a recent attack that left nine Americans dead last month were detained by Mexican authorities Sunday, CBS News has confirmed. According to the report, the operation was a coordinated effort between Prosecutor General, the National Guard and the National Center for Intelligence. The attack left three women and six children dead […]
A Drug Cartel Just Defeated the Mexican Military in Battle…
The southwest U.S. border might be quieter now than it was this spring at the height of the migrant crisis, but south of the Rio Grande the Mexican state is disintegrating. Last Thursday in the city of Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, a battle erupted between government forces and drug cartel gunmen after the […]
Guzmán Family’s Lawyers Thank Mexico’s Obrador for Freeing Chapo’s Son…
‘Love thy Neighbor’? Mexico’s Obrador Continues to Defend Release of Cartel Leader…
A WSJ Series: Latin America by Far Has Highest Homicide Tally in the World…
For many years, I believed Africa probably had the world’s highest murder rates. Or maybe the Mideast. But that simply isn’t so (the Mideast is actually remarkably peaceful in terms of criminal violence). The region with by far the highest homicide tally is Latin America. Unfortunately, few people in Latin America are aware of this. […]
Mayor Of Mexican Town Assassinated During His First Day in Office…
Mexico is no stranger to the assassinations of elected officials and candidates for office. And on Tuesday, the latest act of political violence to rock the nation occurred in a town in the southern state of Oaxaca, when the newly sworn in mayor was murdered by a group of gunmen while on his way to […]
Ground Zero in the New War on Drugs…
Just a few grains of the synthetic fentanyl being found in packages coming into the United States through this mail sorting facility are enough to slow a person’s heart rate, inhibit breathing, and send him or her into a coma. It’s the most dangerous kind of fentanyl in America. Francis Byrne, an officer with U.S. […]
Mexican Rapper Admits to Dissolving Students’ Bodies in Acid…
A Mexican rapper and YouTube star confessed this week to dissolving the bodies of three missing film students in acid — at the behest of a drug cartel, according to new reports. Christian Omar Palma Gutierrez, better known as “QBA,” has been detained over the deaths of Salomon Aceves Gastelum, 25, Daniel Diaz, 20, and […]
Streets of Cancun Run Red with 14 Murders in 36 Hours…
Mexico’s most popular holiday hotspot has become overrun with drug gangs, as violence in the tourist party town escalates to unprecedented levels. Cancun has seen 14 murders in just 36 hours — the highest ever in the country’s recorded history, according to Noticaribe. The latest violence on April 4 saw 14 people killed and at […]
Twenty-Eight Alleged Members of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Charged with Federal Drug Trafficking and International Money Laundering Offenses…
Twenty-eight individuals are facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the result of a federal investigation targeting a Mexican drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for importing large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico, and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois…