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February 11, 2025

Chicago grand jury returns indictment against high-ranking affiliate of violent Sinaloa Cartel: DOJ

A grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment against a high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel affiliate on charges of drug conspiracy and firearm offenses.

February 4, 2025

FBI adds alleged leader of Meza-Flores transnational criminal organization to Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list

The FBI added Fausto Isidro Meza-Flores, alleged head of the Meza-Flores criminal organization, to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

February 3, 2025

Mexican cartels targeting Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones, explosives amid Trump crackdown: report

Mexican drug cartels have planned attacks on U.S. Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives to combat a crackdown by the Trump administration at the southern border.

January 28, 2025

Mike Lee floats allowing private parties to target drug cartels for profit

Sen. Mike Lee suggests U.S. could use letters of marque and reprisal to combat the drug cartel problem by green-lighting privateers to target cartel assets.

January 27, 2025

Sinaloa cartel member arrested by ICE in Texas: sources

A Sinaloa cartel member arrested by ICE in El Paso, Texas, was found with multiple weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition, sources say.

January 27, 2025

Sinaloa Cartel's cargo train Nike shoe heist latest in long-standing trend: law enforcement

The Sinaloa Cartel offloaded $202,500 in Nike merchandise from a BNSF train on Jan. 17, according to the Department of Homeland Security Investigations.

January 23, 2025

Why China and Mexico are the right targets for Trump's attack on the scourge of illegal drugs

The supply chain for drugs poisoning America has become highly concentrated and vulnerable, depending on illegal activities in Communist China and Mexico.

January 16, 2025

80,000 American lives a year: The case for a congressional war on cartels

The fentanyl trafficked into our country by the Mexican drug cartels and their Chinese partners kills around 80,000 Americans per year. That’s the equivalent of 25 9/11 attacks every year.

January 8, 2025

Mexico offers protection to famed singer after drug cartel death threats

Mexican authorities are offering protection to famed regional Mexican singer Natanael Cano and other artists after a drug cartel publicly threatened them, prosecutors said.

January 8, 2025

2 sons of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' are negotiating plea deal with US prosecutors, attorneys say

Two sons of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán are in plea negotiations with the U.S. government over drug-trafficking charges, attorneys said Tuesday.