Mexican Cartel Violence - Page 18

May 23, 2024

Indiana beauty queen arrested in Mexican cartel bust that included one of feds' most wanted fugitives

A beauty queen was arrested as part of a major cartel bust, which included 18 suspects as of last week, and was accused of using her job to transport cash

May 22, 2024

Mexican authorities find bodies of 4 men, 2 women piled up in resort city

Prosecutors in Mexico's southern Guerrero state say the strangled bodies of four men and two women have been found piled up on a street in Acapulco.

May 20, 2024

'Most ruthless' Mexican cartels operate in all 50 states, bring turf wars to US: DEA

Mexico's "most powerful and ruthless" cartel - The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)- operates in all 50 state and is competing with a rival cartel in the US, the DEA said

May 14, 2024

Killers in Mexico 'can look like anyone' as cartels use women, kids as assassins, PI warns

Women and children at young as 7 are being used as Mexican cartel assassins, private investigator said, adding that "the bad guys don't look like bad guys."

May 13, 2024

Surfers' deaths in Mexico 'eerily' similar to San Diego couple's murders: 'Anyone can be killed for anything'

The murders of three surfers in Mexico, including an American who was engaged to be married in August, "is eerily similar" to a 2020 murder of San Diego couple, a private investigator said.

May 1, 2024

Chinese money laundering criminals team up with Mexican cartels to menace US, officials warn Congress

U.S. senators on Capitol Hill were warned about Chinese money launderers working with Mexican drug traffickers to use money for the funding of illegal drugs such as fentanyl.

April 29, 2024

A retired Catholic bishop who tried to mediate between cartels in Mexico is briefly kidnapped

The Mexican Council of Bishops has said a retired Roman Catholic bishop who tried to mediate between drug cartels was apparently kidnapped, but later located and brought to a hospital.

April 25, 2024

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.

April 17, 2024

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.

April 12, 2024

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.