Mexican Cartel Violence

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AMLO calls gangs, cartels 'respectful people' who 'respect the citizenry'

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that the country's gangs and cartels generally "respect the citizenry" in favor of killing each other.

Mexico April 17

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' denied request for phone calls, visits: 'Unprecedented discrimination'

'El Chapo' penned a letter to a New York federal judge begging him to reinstate his phone calls and visitation rights while serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison.

Mexico April 12

Mexico faces dire medical fentanyl shortage despite being world's top illegal producer

Mexico is reporting a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, despite the overwhelming amounts of the drug being illegally produced by the country's cartels.

Mexican Cartel Violence April 1

Dozens charged in international drug smuggling operation linked to brutal Mexican cartel

Federal prosecutors have charged dozens of men in an international drug smuggling operation orchestrated by Mexico’s brutal Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

CRIME March 26

Mexican cartels use US border to arm themselves with 'military-grade' weapons: docs

Five men in multiple cities throughout Texas allegedly bought over 100 "military-grade" guns to arm Mexican drug cartels, according to a federal indictment.

CRIME March 25

Brutally violent Mexican cartel draining Americans' life savings in complex scam

A violent Mexican cartel is stealing tens of millions of dollars from Americans without bloodshed by executing a complex, well-thought-out timeshare scam.

Mexico March 20

Mexican authorities find 5 dead bodies loaded into bulletproof SUV

Prosecutors in Mexico's tumultuous Jalisco state announced Wednesday the discovery of five dead bodies piled into a bulletproof vehicle.

Caribbean March 14

Who is 'Barbecue,' the gang leader wreaking havoc in Haiti?

Jimmy Cherizier, known by the nickname “Barbecue," has recently threatened "genocide" if Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry does not step down.

State of the Union March 13

CNN forced to correct story after accusations of 'smear' campaign against Katie Britt

CNN was forced to issue a correction to an article targeting Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt over her reference to a human trafficking victim during her State of the Union rebuttal.

Mexican Cartel Violence March 12

Mexican detectives vanish while looking for missing students in cartel country

Two federal detectives went missing while searching for 43 students who went missing almost ten years ago in Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Guerrero, where drug cartels are dominant.