In-depth coverage of Mexican drug cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG, and smaller groups. Reports on territorial disputes, leadership changes, drug trafficking routes, and the impact of cartel violence on communities across Mexico.
Child Trafficking
Tourist packages with children included. That's not a sick joke, it's how trafficking networks are reportedly advertising in three Jalisco hotspots as the World Cup kicks off.
Drug Trafficking
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns that cartel drone technology could threaten US territory.
Drug Trafficking
Mexican Army and National Guard intercept a trailer carrying 100 packages of cocaine in Huixtla, Chiapas.
Drug Trafficking
They had tiger-branded meth, scorpion-wrapped cocaine, fake bombs, and a banner that read 'We're here and we're here to stay.' Then the cops showed up.
Crime
Seven inmates were slashed to death and an eighth was injured at the Aguaruto penitentiary in Culiacán. Authorities identified a single suspect and recovered homemade weapons. How the blades got inside is the key question.
Crime
State police in Tijuana arrested a hitman who allegedly charged 20,000 pesos ($1,200) per job. The suspect was carrying an active murder warrant. The grim economics of Tijuana's contract killing market.
Drug Trafficking
Mexican cartels in Jalisco and Nuevo Leon have told operatives to avoid violence during the World Cup, fearing US military intervention if the tournament turns bloody.
Drug Trafficking
Michoacan state prosecutor confirms Colombian nationals working with CJNG cartel in five municipalities, targeting indigenous Purpecha communities for territory and natural resources.
Organized Crime
Mexican security forces are conducting operations in the mountainous regions of Estado de Mexico, where cartel members have established hideouts in terrain that provides natural cover just miles from the country's capital.
Mexico
The operation targeted cartel financial infrastructure in Estado de Mexico, Mexico's most populous state and a key industrial corridor bordering Mexico City.
Sinaloa
Mexican authorities seized a clandestine synthetic drug laboratory in La Progreso, Sinaloa, striking at the production backbone of the fentanyl and methamphetamine pipeline feeding U.S. markets.
Cartels
A joint Mexican military operation captured 13 alleged Chapitos operatives near Mazatlán, seizing IEDs and military-grade gear. Here's why a highway shootout in Sinaloa connects directly to the fentanyl crisis killing 100,000+ Americans annually.