January 16, 2024 Bride arrested for extortion scheme in Mexico, handcuffed in her wedding dress: prosecutors A bride in Mexico appeared for a police mugshot in her wedding dress after being arrested for alleged extortion of chicken farmers with her fiancé.
January 10, 2024 Deadly cartel drone attack strikes remote Mexican village An alleged car drone attack killed five people in a Mexican state plagued with continued cartel violence, authorities said. Two days later, police said, 6 others were killed in a shootout.
January 3, 2024 Mexican cartels force locals to cover bootleg Wi-Fi costs under threat of death A Mexican cartel is accused of setting up illegal Wi-Fi networks with stolen equipment and threatening to kill civilians who refuse to pay their exorbitant monthly fees.
January 3, 2024 Masked gunmen abduct 31 migrants near Texas border, Mexican authorities say Authorities in Mexico are searching for 31 migrants who were abducted from a bus traveling toward the border with Texas, Mexican officials said.
December 22, 2023 5 appalling crimes around the world in 2023 Child serial killers, dead bodies recovered from a Christian cult, and a violent takedown of El Chapo's son in Mexico were among some shocking crime stories this year.
December 17, 2023 Arizona border rancher fears cartels intentionally overwhelm Border Patrol as a 'diversionary tactic' A fifth-generation Arizona rancher whose property lines up against the southern border fears the cartels are flooding certain areas to divert Border Patrol.
December 4, 2023 5 bodies found stuffed inside vehicle in rural Mexico Five men were found stuffed inside a vehicle outside Celaya, Mexico, on Sunday, with regional Governor Diego Sinhue Rodríguez promising an "exhaustive" investigation.
December 1, 2023 As Biden’s border disintegrates, Texas Democrats plot with Mexico With Biden's border crisis showing no signs of abating, Texas is passing new laws, including one that lets state and local authorities to arrest and order to return to Mexico would-be migrants.
November 30, 2023 Mexican cartels posed as US Treasury officials in brash timeshare scam, officials say Mexico's Jalisco drug cartel reportedly had its operators pose as U.S. Treasury Department officials in a timeshare fraud scheme targeting Americans.
November 26, 2023 'El Mago,' drug kingpin with ties to cartel druglord 'El Chapo,' shot dead in Los Angeles: authorities According to authorities, "El Mago," a drug trafficker with ties to cartel kingpin "El Chapo," was shot dead in Los Angeles.