Mexican Cartel Violence - Page 50

December 17, 2019

Mexico's ex-public security secretary charged with taking bribes from 'El Chapo' cartel is denied bond

Mexico's former public security secretary, Genaro Garcia Luna, was held without bond at a Texas Jail on Tuesday, as he awaits trial for accepting bribes from the Sinaloa cartel, in exchange for ignoring their criminal activity. 

December 11, 2019

New Mexico murder suspect was trying to collect $30G debt for cartel: police

A New Mexico man was arrested for murder Monday after he reportedly told law enforcement that he was trying to prove himself to a Mexican drug cartel. 

December 11, 2019

Mexican cartels subject to terrorist-level sanctions under new GOP-sponsored bill

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is expected to introduce on Wednesday a bill to subject Mexican cartels to the same level of sanctions as terror groups.

December 10, 2019

Mexico's ex-public security secretary arrested in US, accused of taking millions in bribes from 'El Chapo' cartel

Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico’s former public security secretary, has been arrested in the U.S. on charges of taking millions of dollars in bribes from the cartel controlled by ruthless drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

December 7, 2019

Trump will 'temporarily hold off' designating Mexican cartels as terror groups

President Trump announced Friday that he will hold off on officially declaring Mexican cartels terrorist organizations while he works with the Mexican president "to deal decisively" with the issue.

December 4, 2019

Mexico cartel ambush victims’ family prays with Mexican president, assured ‘at least 4’ suspects arrested

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday prayed with the family of the nine Mexican-American victims massacred last month in a suspected drug cartel hit and assured them “at least four” suspects have been arrested, a family member said.

December 3, 2019

Rep. Roy pushes to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations: We have to 'take them out'

Rep. Charles "Chip" Roy, R-Texas, touted on Tuesday a joint effort with Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., to push legislation that would designate specific Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in order to equip the government with the tools to “take them out.”

December 2, 2019

Tom Homan: Latest cartel violence shows Mexico needs help from US forces

Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan said Monday that it may be time for the United States to more substantially help Mexican forces against powerful drug cartels. 

December 2, 2019

Hospital patient kidnapped by Mexican gunmen in dramatic video, later found dismembered

A group of heavily armed Mexican "hitmen" are seen in newly released footage storming a Mexico hospital and dragging away a patient who was later discovered dismembered, a dramatic display that's only the most recent example of the brazen cartel-fueled killings plaguing the country.

December 2, 2019

Mexican cartel massacre suspects arrested in attack that left 9 Americans dead, government says

A major military operation Sunday jointly carried out by three branches of the Mexican armed forces netted several suspects accused in the November massacre that claimed nine members of a well-known Mexican-American family believed to have been targeted by a drug cartel, federal authorities in the country said in a statement.