Mexican Cartel Violence - Page 46

November 25, 2020

Feds seize $3.5M in Mexican cartel cash, drugs and ammo in massive San Diego bust

Three Mexican nationals with suspected ties to the violent Sinaloa cartel were charged in federal court Tuesday after U.S. agents discovered a massive stockpile of cash, drugs and ammunition at a San Diego truck yard just north of the Mexico border.

November 14, 2020

Are Mexico's stringent gun control laws aiding a rise in cartel violence?

While Mexico is one of just three countries – alongside the United States and Guatemala – with the constitutional right to bear arms – citizens must travel from far and wide to this one place, wade through ceaseless red tape and waiting periods and are heavily restricted when it comes to what they can and cannot buy.

November 12, 2020

Chinese 'cartels' quietly operating in Mexico, aiding US drug crisis

From nondescript buildings in the industrial nucleus of Wuhan, across wavy seas to dusty tented super laboratories in the heart of Mexico, and then across the jagged southwest border and dispersed like a wild bomb ripping through every crevice of the United States, the growing presence of Chinese drug lords and cartels below the border is one that is killing an unprecedented amount of Americans.

November 8, 2020

Gangster busted in Mexican cartel massacre of Mormon moms and kids

The cartel-led massacre reportedly killed nine people overall.

October 31, 2020

One year later, families of Americans massacred by Mexican cartel say next to nothing has changed

It started off like any other ordinary Monday morning and it all changed in an instance.

October 4, 2020

Gunmen in Mexico ambush security forces, kill 6 police officers

Authorities in northwest Mexico are searching for gunmen who ambushed a convoy carrying security forces, killing six police officers. At least two other people died.

September 24, 2020

From bomb-affixed drones to narco tanks and ventilated tunnels: How well-equipped are the Mexican cartels?

They are yet to be designated a formal terrorist organization – but cartels south of the border are documented to now be augmenting arsenals of sophisticated weaponry to rival most fear-inducing militias on battlefields abroad.

September 9, 2020

El Chapo admitted women were his only addiction

Imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman admitted to fathering 23 children and that women are his only addiction during a 2016 interview, according to media reports.

August 27, 2020

Mexican army investigates video of soldiers in border deaths

Mexico's Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it would investigate a border gun battle caught on video in which a voice can be heard saying "kill him" following the confrontation.

August 5, 2020

Atlanta authorities seize 374 pounds of heroin in drug bust, trace it back to Mexican cartel

Authorities in Atlanta recently made the state's largest heroin bust in history, stopping 374 pounds of the highly addictive illegal drug from ending up on the streets.