Mexican Cartel Violence - Page 31

March 3, 2023

Former AG Bill Barr calls for US military to fight 'narco-terrorist' cartels in Mexico: 'Like ISIS'

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr argued that the U.S. must use its military power to destroy cartels within the borders of Mexico. Barr's take came in an op-ed published by WSJ Thursday.

February 22, 2023

US sanctions 6 members of Mexican drug ring supplying massive amounts of precursor

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six members of a Mexican drug ring supplying plenty of precursor chemicals. These chemicals are used to make fentanyl and methamphetamines.

February 22, 2023

Treasury slaps sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel network involved in fentanyl ‘super labs’

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel members linked to the use of "super labs" to create deadly drugs including fentanyl.

February 21, 2023

Former Mexican security chief convicted of drug trafficking in US

Former Mexican Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna was convicted by an anonymous New York jury of drug trafficking and accepting massive bribes to protect drug cartels.

February 16, 2023

Mexico claims largest synthetic drug lab bust to date

Mexico has claimed its largest synthetic drug lab bust to date on Tuesday. Mexican soldiers seized over half a million fentanyl pills and hundreds of pounds of powdered fentanyl.

February 3, 2023

Human trafficking victim recounts horrors of life at the mercy of criminals

A victim of human trafficking describes the brutal and incessant torture she endured while spending four years at the mercy of pimps and criminals in Mexico.

February 2, 2023

Fox News Poll: Cartels, pharmaceutical companies get lion’s share of blame for opioid crisis

The latest Fox News Poll finds that Americans are most likely to lay the blame for the opioid crisis at the feet of drug cartels and pharmaceutical companies.

January 24, 2023

VICE responds to accusations bullet photo at El Chapo's son's home was staged after Twitter firestorm

Twitter users ripped into VICE over a photo taken outside the home of Ovidio Guzmán that showed an unfired or dud bullet cartridge poking through a gate.

January 23, 2023

Former top aide to El Chapo known as 'The Engineer' pleads guilty to drug charges

Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, a former top aide to Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman who went by "The Engineer," pleaded guilty to drug charges in Chicago federal court.

January 18, 2023

Border under control of cartels, not the US, Yuma residents say as gangs rake in billions off human smuggling

Border town residents in Yuma, Arizona, shared their concerns for national security as more migrants flood into the U.S. after paying the cartels for entry.