Mexican Cartel Violence - Page 54

November 6, 2019

Mexico's Lopez Obrador doubles down on ‘hugs, not bullets’ policy amid mounting criticism

Mexico’s president stood defiant amid mounting criticism of his government’s policy of using "hugs, not bullets" when fighting drug cartels after nine Americans – including six children – were gunned down by sicarios on Monday.

November 6, 2019

Baby Faith who survived Mexican drug cartel massacre reunited with father: 'She is a living angel'

The 7-month-old baby, who miraculously survived Mexican drug cartel gunfire strapped in a car seat, was reunited with her father, bringing hope and healing to the grieving family.

November 6, 2019

Conway: Trump offered to help stop 'ruthless' drug cartels, Mexico's president refused

President Trump offered the full resources of the federal government to assist Mexico with their cartel crisis, but Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador rebuffed his offer and remains unmoved, said White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday.

November 6, 2019

Arizona sheriff pleads for Mexico to work with Trump on cartel violence: 'They need help'

Mexico needs to work with the United States to curtail drug cartel violence, Pinal County, Ariz. Sheriff Mark Lamb said Wednesday.

November 6, 2019

Mexican cartel massacre: Grisly crime scene photos show blood-stained car seat, bullet-ridden windshield

Harrowing new images from northern Mexico where nine members of American families – three Mormon mothers and six children – were slaughtered by cartel gunmen showed relatives reacting to the unspeakable scene Tuesday as they continue their search for answers in the senseless deaths.

November 6, 2019

Father of woman killed in Mexico says cartel murdered group 'to teach fear': 'There is an incredible evil here'

A father, whose Mormon daughter and grandchildren, were brutally murdered Monday by a Mexican drug cartel said the gunmen were trying to stoke fear in their community.

November 6, 2019

Relative of Americans killed in Mexico believes family was used as 'bait' in cartel war over smuggling routes

Lafe Langford Jr., the relative of nine U.S. citizens killed during an ambush by gunmen believed to be affiliated with a drug cartel in Mexico earlier this week, said Tuesday that he wanted to set the record straight about what had happened to his family. 

November 6, 2019

Tom Homan: Mexico massacre is why we need the wall

Retired ICE Director Tom Homan says Mexican President Obrador cannot handle cartel violence on his own, and explains how once Mexican nationals claim asylum border numbers will explode

November 6, 2019

La Mora, the Mormon offshoot community caught up in Mexico's brutal drug cartel war

The women and children massacred Monday in northern Mexico were members of a decades-old settlement founded as part of an offshoot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

November 6, 2019

Mexican cartel massacre: Suspect with 2 hostages, assault rifles, bulletproof SUV arrested in border town

A suspect was arrested near the Arizona border with Mexico in connection with the deaths of nine U.S. Citizens - six children and three women – Monday who were living in a Mormon community in La Mora about 70 miles south of Douglas, Ariz., investigators said early Wednesday.