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A cartel war bleeding Sinaloa dry: homicides rise 400% in the year after the fall of ‘El Mayo’

August 10 was, for many in Mexico, a quiet Sunday like any other. But in Sinaloa—a northwestern state facing the Pacific—it ...

Tennessee car accident leads to $10 million bounty for accused Mexican drug cartel leader dubbed "The Grandfather"

A car accident, a series of secret wiretaps, a shootout with police and a drug bust eventually led federal investigators back ...

DOJ charges five alleged Mexican cartel leaders, touts ‘extraordinary policework’ that led to indictments

DOJ announces criminal charges against five United Cartels leaders with $26 million rewards offered for arrests in ...

Videos show record levels of violence in Mexican state after arrest of cartel kingpin

After the capture of a Sinaloa Cartel boss, social media videos illustrate record levels of violence as Trump eyes military ...

Battle-Tested Cop Is Mexico's Hope to Tame Cartels and Placate Trump

Omar García Harfuch survived a harrowing cartel hit. Now he's trying to pacify one of the world's most violent nations — and ...

Team Trump Is Actually Drawing Up Attack Plans for Mexico

Trump is eager to breach Mexico’s sovereignty to attack cartels, officials say — just don’t call it an invasion ...

Mexico and Guatemala presidents meet face-to-face for the first time to talk key regional projects

The presidents of Mexico and Guatemala talked common goals and concerns in their first face-to-face meeting, including about ...

Huntington Beach music executive gets 4 years for ties to Mexican cartel promoter

The CEO of a prominent Latin music label from Huntington Beach was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 14 to four years in federal ...