Sinaloa Cartel Leader Heriberto Salazar Arrested In 'Largest Fentanyl Bust In DEA History' The DEA conducted the "largest fentanyl bust" in agency history in a multi-state operation Latin Times · May 7, 2025
Arrested Mexican Mayor Allegedly Disposed Human Remains, Worked With Cartel Leaders at Extermination Camp Prosecutors claim José Ascensión Murguía Santiago met regularly with key figures of the Jalisco Cartel, including José Gregorio "El Comandante" Lastra and Gonzalo Mendoza Gaitán, known as "El Sapo." Latin Times · May 6, 2025
'El Chapo' Guzmán Reportedly Cooperating With U.S. Officials in Case Against 'El Mayo' Zambada in Exchange for Prison Benefits Former Sinaloa Cartel boss "El Chapo" Guzmán is allegedly providing sensitive information about his former ally "El Mayo" Zambada's operations in exchange for improved prison conditions Latin Times · May 5, 2025
Mexico's security chief quietly forms an elite force to take on the drug cartels Six years ago Mexico’s president disbanded the country’s Federal Police and handed security responsibilities fully to the military The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
Investigation of ranch in northern Mexico reveals some details of Jalisco cartel's operations The renewed investigation of a ranch in western Mexico where authorities say the Jalisco New Generation Cartel trained recruits has revealed some details about how one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels operates The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
Forgotten in jail without a lawyer: how a Texas town fails poor defendants People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system The Texas Tribune · Mar 25, 2025
Olvidados en la cárcel sin abogado: Así le falla un pueblo de Texas a los acusados pobres En el condado de Maverick, las autoridades pueden tardar meses en informar a los fiscales de una detención, mientras los acusados esperan en la cárcel. Rara vez se asignan abogados a quien los solicita. The Texas Tribune · Mar 25, 2025
Jalisco Cartel 'Likely' To Follow a U.S. Strategy From World War II Before Entering Ongoing Sinaloa Turf Wars A Mexican journalists argues that the CJNG is "waiting to see more signs of wear and tear" before siding with a Sinaloa cartel faction Latin Times · Feb 18, 2025
The Sinaloa Cartel Turf War Has Raged On For More Than 100 Days; Who Is Winning? More than 500 deaths have been reported all across Sinaloa since the clashes between "Los Chapitos" and "La Mayiza" began in September Latin Times · Dec 19, 2024
Mexico Announces Largest Fentanyl Bust in History Just Days After Trump Tariff Threat Over 2,400 pounds of fentanyl were seized in Sinaloa. The drugs had an estimated worth of $400 million Latin Times · Dec 5, 2024
Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure The government also revealed it had detained thousands of migrants, as it attempts to appease Trump’s border concerns. Al Jazeera · Dec 5, 2024
Mexico announces record drug seizure one week after Trump threatens tariffs Soldiers and marines discover drugs in Sinaloa, while separately authorities arrest more than 5,200 migrants The Guardian - US · Dec 4, 2024
Mexico Seems To Drop The Hugs And Embrace The Bullets As Cartel Violence Rages On Claudia Sheinbaum is apparently pursuing a different strategy than her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador Latin Times · Nov 7, 2024
Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned policy of “hugs, not bullets,” in which the country’s leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024 A car bomb explodes outside a police station in western Mexico, wounding 3 officers A car bomb left outside a police station in western Mexico has wounded three people
The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024 Mexico's president lays out a plan to combat cartel violence. But it looks like more of the same Mexico’s new president has laid out a plan to combat drug cartel violence
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024 Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in July The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2024 A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico's ruling party faces growing scandal It was surprising when Mexico's most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July
The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2024 Mexico's efforts to seize US-bound fentanyl drop sharply, while seizures of meth soar Even as Mexican-made fentanyl continues to flood into the United States, Mexico’s efforts to seize the drug have declined dramatically
The Independent UK · May 31, 2024 Mexico's drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday's elections than before Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts
Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023 Inside Scorpions drug gang that 'assumed responsibility' for deadly kidnaps in Mexico Five men tied up and left for the police to seize as an 'apology' for the kidnappings are believed to be members of the 'Scorpions', a group known for its brutality and use of military-style tactics
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 10, 2023 Presidente López Obrador culpa a EEUU por crisis de fentanilo El presidente mexicano insistió en que parte de la culpa de la crisis que vive Estados Unidos con el fentanilo es por la falta de políticas para atender a los consumidores.
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023 Cartel letter doesn't dull pain for Americans' families Relatives of Americans abducted in Mexico said that a purported apology from the Mexican cartel blamed for the attack has done little to dull the pain of their loved ones being killed or wounded
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 10, 2023 Mexico President Andrés López Obrador blames fentanyl crisis on U.S., denies his country produces the opioid Despite enormous evidence to the contrary, he said: “Here, we do not produce fentanyl, and we do not have consumption of fentanyl. Why don’t they” — the United States — “take care of their problem of social decay?”
Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023 Apology letter by 'Scorpions' drug gang found after Americans killed in Mexico Five men, members of a faction of the Gulf cartel named the 'Scorpions', were reportedly turned in to authorities in Matamoros, Mexico, along with a letter allegedly assuming responsibility for the kidnapping of four Americans