Mexican Cartel Violence - Page 51

December 1, 2019

Mexico gunbattle near Texas border between suspected cartel members, police leaves at least 21 dead

Four police officers were among nearly two dozen people killed after security forces engaged in an hour-long gunbattle with suspected cartel members Saturday in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, days after President Trump said he was moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations.

November 30, 2019

The impact of designating Mexican cartels a 'foreign terrorist organization'

President Trump has said efforts to designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) are moving ahead – prompting both praise and criticism. But what impact would such a title have and would it work in dismantling such networks who burn, behead, smuggle and instill fear?

November 27, 2019

Trump seeks to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations

President Trump said in a newly released interview that he is moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations. 

November 22, 2019

Siblings of Mexican cartel killing unite for photograph

The seven young survivors of the horrific cartel massacre in Mexico earlier this month were reunited for the first time in a photograph this week, which has subsequently spawned the internet.

November 22, 2019

Mexico's annual homicide count on pace to be highest in decades as nearly 100 killed daily

The homicide count in Mexico is on pace to reach its highest overall annual total since the country’s government started keeping track in 1997, with new statistics showing nearly 100 people are killed each day.

November 15, 2019

Mexico president's approval rating plummets after surge in gang violence

The approval rating of Mexico's president has fallen by nearly ten percentage points following a surge in gang-related violence, according to a poll published by Mexican newspaper El Universal on Friday.

November 14, 2019

Suspected Mexican drug gang member linked to slayings of US Consulate worker and her husband is extradited

A suspected gunman for a Mexican drug gang accused of committing the brazen killings of an American consular employee and her husband in Mexico was extradited to the United States on Wednesday, the Justice Department said. 

November 14, 2019

Sheriff calls for tougher border security to stop Mexico cartels poisoning US national parks

Democrats need to get on board with tougher border security measures to combat Mexican drug cartels who are poisoning U.S. national parks, said Pinal County, Ariz. Sheriff Mark Lamb on  "Fox & Friends First.

November 14, 2019

Self-proclaimed cartel hitman sentenced to death for double murder, beheading roommate

A jury in Texas has handed down a death sentence for a self-proclaimed Mexican drug cartel hitman who was convicted in the 2017 murders of his roommate, who was beheaded, and the roommate’s 17-year-old girlfriend.

November 12, 2019

Mexico cartel attack investigation leads to new arrests in massacre of American mothers, children: official

An undisclosed number of arrests have been made in last week’s massacre of three women and six children at the hands of suspected cartel gunmen in northern Mexico, a Mexican security official said Monday.