March 7, 2023 One of two American victims who survived Mexico kidnapping talks to mom from hospital, is 'doing ok': report One of the two surviving victims of the Mexico kidnapping last week was reportedly able to speak with her mother from a Texas hospital.
March 7, 2023 White House calls kidnapping, deaths of Americans in Mexico 'unacceptable' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday said that attacks on American citizens were "unacceptable" after two of the four U.S. citizens who were kidnapped by drug cartels were reported dead.
March 3, 2023 Former AG Bill Barr calls for US military to fight 'narco-terrorist' cartels in Mexico: 'Like ISIS' Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr argued that the U.S. must use its military power to destroy cartels within the borders of Mexico. Barr's take came in an op-ed published by WSJ Thursday.
February 22, 2023 US sanctions 6 members of Mexican drug ring supplying massive amounts of precursor The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six members of a Mexican drug ring supplying plenty of precursor chemicals. These chemicals are used to make fentanyl and methamphetamines.
February 22, 2023 Treasury slaps sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel network involved in fentanyl ‘super labs’ The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel members linked to the use of "super labs" to create deadly drugs including fentanyl.
February 21, 2023 Former Mexican security chief convicted of drug trafficking in US Former Mexican Public Security Secretary Genaro GarcÃa Luna was convicted by an anonymous New York jury of drug trafficking and accepting massive bribes to protect drug cartels.
February 16, 2023 Mexico claims largest synthetic drug lab bust to date Mexico has claimed its largest synthetic drug lab bust to date on Tuesday. Mexican soldiers seized over half a million fentanyl pills and hundreds of pounds of powdered fentanyl.
February 3, 2023 Human trafficking victim recounts horrors of life at the mercy of criminals A victim of human trafficking describes the brutal and incessant torture she endured while spending four years at the mercy of pimps and criminals in Mexico.
February 2, 2023 91±¬ÁÏ Poll: Cartels, pharmaceutical companies get lion’s share of blame for opioid crisis The latest 91±¬ÁÏ Poll finds that Americans are most likely to lay the blame for the opioid crisis at the feet of drug cartels and pharmaceutical companies.
January 24, 2023 VICE responds to accusations bullet photo at El Chapo's son's home was staged after Twitter firestorm Twitter users ripped into VICE over a photo taken outside the home of Ovidio Guzmán that showed an unfired or dud bullet cartridge poking through a gate.