January 16, 2025 80,000 American lives a year: The case for a congressional war on cartels The fentanyl trafficked into our country by the Mexican drug cartels and their Chinese partners kills around 80,000 Americans per year. That’s the equivalent of 25 9/11 attacks every year.
January 8, 2025 Mexico offers protection to famed singer after drug cartel death threats Mexican authorities are offering protection to famed regional Mexican singer Natanael Cano and other artists after a drug cartel publicly threatened them, prosecutors said.
January 8, 2025 2 sons of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' are negotiating plea deal with US prosecutors, attorneys say Two sons of Mexican drug kingpin JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán are in plea negotiations with the U.S. government over drug-trafficking charges, attorneys said Tuesday.
December 24, 2024 Timeshare terror leaves retired couple $50K in the hole after being scammed The FBI is warning timeshare owners of a telemarketing scam tied to a Mexican drug cartel. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson provides steps to stay safe.
December 17, 2024 ICE removes notorious drug cartel leader from US Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, a notorious Mexican drug lord, was removed from the U.S. and handed over to authorities in Mexico, ICE said on Monday.
October 24, 2024 Texas DPS surveillance plane captures Mexican cartel factions during gun battle near border Texas authorities captured video footage of a gun battle between Gulf Cartel factions in Mexico, just across the southern border on Wednesday.
October 23, 2024 Mexican troops kill 19 suspected cartel members, suffer no casualties: officials Mexican army troops have reportedly killed 19 suspected cartel affiliates during a Monday shootout near Culiacan, the state capital of Sinaloa.
October 18, 2024 Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state capital A dozen gunshots were fired at a building housing the Mexican newspaper El Debate in the northern state of Sinaloa; the newspaper found at least 4 bullet impacts on the walls of the building.
October 17, 2024 Former Mexican public security chief gets more than 38 years, $2M fine for taking cartel bribes Mexico’s ex-public security secretary Genaro GarcÃa Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison and a $2 million fine for taking millions in bribes to protect the Sinaloa cartel.
October 8, 2024 Mexican mayor's severed head placed atop pickup truck 6 days after taking office The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his severed head placed atop the vehicle's roof.