April 28, 2020 Illegal drug trade struggles amid coronavirus, giving law enforcement the upper hand Even drug criminals are having a tough time because of the coronavirus, as closed borders and severed supply chains spark headaches for smugglers -- but it’s making life easier for the people in charge of catching them.
April 20, 2020 Mexican president tells gangs to end the crime wave instead of handing out coronavirus care packages Mexico's president on Monday urged drug gangs to end the violence rather than handing out COVID-19 care packages.
March 31, 2020 Mexican drug cartels struggle during coronavirus, hike prices as lab supplies from China dry up The onslaught of the coronavirus has not only sent the global economy tumbling – but it has also hit illicit industries where it hurts the most, and Mexican cartels are no exception.
February 28, 2020 US probing claims that CIA operative, DEA official betrayal led to murder of agent: report The U.S. Justice Department is investigating explosive new allegations that a Central Intelligence Agency operative and Drug Enforcement Administration official played a role in the 1985 abduction, torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a report claims.
February 27, 2020 Mexico's president ripped after claiming those killed in cartel, gang violence are drunk or high Are drug and booze consumption to blame for Mexico’s rising homicide rate?
February 19, 2020 Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman appears in rare prison video after 2016 arrest Meet the man formerly known as prisoner “3870”.
February 18, 2020 Who is Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador? He’s the leader of Mexico and, recently unbeknownst to at least two 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates, he has a name: Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
February 18, 2020 Mexican cartels recruit Arizona children as young as 12 to smuggle drugs An alarming trend is spreading along the U.S. and Mexico border — cartels are hiring American children as young as 12 years old to smuggle drugs and weapons.
February 16, 2020 Cartel hitmen who killed ICE agent have 2 counts vacated Two Los Zetas cartel assassins have had their convictions partially vacated in the killing of a federal agent in Mexico nine years ago, according to a new report.
February 3, 2020 El Chapo's daughter marries cartel insider in private Mass, locking down Mexican cathedral The daughter of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán married the nephew of an alleged Mexican money launderer dubbed “The Empress.”
