December 2, 2019 Hospital patient kidnapped by Mexican gunmen in dramatic video, later found dismembered A group of heavily armed Mexican "hitmen" are seen in newly released footage storming a Mexico hospital and dragging away a patient who was later discovered dismembered, a dramatic display that's only the most recent example of the brazen cartel-fueled killings plaguing the country.
December 2, 2019 Mexican cartel massacre suspects arrested in attack that left 9 Americans dead, government says A major military operation Sunday jointly carried out by three branches of the Mexican armed forces netted several suspects accused in the November massacre that claimed nine members of a well-known Mexican-American family believed to have been targeted by a drug cartel, federal authorities in the country said in a statement.
December 1, 2019 Mexico gunbattle near Texas border between suspected cartel members, police leaves at least 21 dead Four police officers were among nearly two dozen people killed after security forces engaged in an hour-long gunbattle with suspected cartel members Saturday in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, days after President Trump said he was moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations.
November 30, 2019 The impact of designating Mexican cartels a 'foreign terrorist organization' President Trump has said efforts to designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) are moving ahead – prompting both praise and criticism. But what impact would such a title have and would it work in dismantling such networks who burn, behead, smuggle and instill fear?
November 27, 2019 Trump seeks to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations President Trump said in a newly released interview that he is moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations.Â
November 22, 2019 Siblings of Mexican cartel killing unite for photograph The seven young survivors of the horrific cartel massacre in Mexico earlier this month were reunited for the first time in a photograph this week, which has subsequently spawned the internet.
November 22, 2019 Mexico's annual homicide count on pace to be highest in decades as nearly 100 killed daily The homicide count in Mexico is on pace to reach its highest overall annual total since the country’s government started keeping track in 1997, with new statistics showing nearly 100 people are killed each day.
November 15, 2019 Mexico president's approval rating plummets after surge in gang violence The approval rating of Mexico's president has fallen by nearly ten percentage points following a surge in gang-related violence, according to a poll published by Mexican newspaper El Universal on Friday.
November 14, 2019 Suspected Mexican drug gang member linked to slayings of US Consulate worker and her husband is extradited A suspected gunman for a Mexican drug gang accused of committing the brazen killings of an American consular employee and her husband in Mexico was extradited to the United States on Wednesday, the Justice Department said.Â
November 14, 2019 Sheriff calls for tougher border security to stop Mexico cartels poisoning US national parks Democrats need to get on board with tougher border security measures to combat Mexican drug cartels who are poisoning U.S. national parks, said Pinal County, Ariz. Sheriff Mark Lamb on "Fox & Friends First.