Illegal firearm trafficking is inseparable from the illegal drug trade: Weapons are often bought with drug money, can strengthen cartels and can be traded for drugs. In the spring of 2021, the ...

Criminal violence, most of it linked to drug trafficking, has claimed around 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left more than 120,000 people missing. The Associated Press contributed to this ...

Ovidio, "the mouse," admitted to two counts of drug distribution and two counts of participation in a continuing criminal enterprise.

U.S. officials have arrested prominent boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. and are working to deport him, saying he has 'an active ...

According to the state government, there could be up to 60,000 homes across Guanajuato currently being used for illegal drug use. “In fact, you can see a panic house on any corner, anywhere. It ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday sanctioned two high-ranking members of the Cartel del Noreste — one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and a U.S.-designated ...

Mexico's security chief says that the country's most powerful drug cartels are recruiting former Colombian soldiers, leading Mexico to turn away dozens of Colombians trying to enter the country.

U.S. officials have charged leaders of the Sinaloa cartel with terrorism-related charges related to trafficking drugs into the United States. The indictment is the first-of-its-kind in the nation ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sean Campbell, The Conversation and Topher L. McDougal, University of San Diego ...

Closer to the border, in August 2022, Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez, aka Fernanda, coordinated gun purchases in the U.S. – using drug funds from Mexico for the Jalisco Nueva Generación ...