Gunfights disrupt flights in Mexico border city, trigger U.S. warning The violence in Nuevo Laredo, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader known as "El Ricky." Feb 4 Ecuador arrests leader of powerful cartel targeted by U.S. ...
And to "top" things off, Santiago Meza--nicknamed El Pozolero, "the soupmaker"--confessed to having dissolved the bodies of more than 300 people in acid.My topic today is Mexico: Drug Cartels, Immigration, & Politics, Mexican "DIP" for short! Drugcartels are pervasive and insidious ...
Nevertheless, the designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations in the United States would likely lead banks in Mexico to exercise even more caution than they already do to avoid facilitating illicit transactions. Mexican authorities can, of course, take their own action against banks facil...
Mexico's president has taken the unusual step of issuing a public appeal to drug cartels not to fight each other, following last week's detention of top Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was apparently kidnapped, but was later located and taken to a hospital, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday.
Homicidesare at an all-time high in Mexico, which has long been home to the world’s most powerful and violent narcotics traffickers. Yet much of the killing today has little to do with drugs. Organized crime has diversified. In Guanajuato state, the homicide rate has nearly tripled over ...
Almost everything you read or hear about the border crisis between the U.S. and Mexico today is false. The fact is that BOTH the United States and Mexico greatly profit from "illegal" migrants streaming into the United States, and this h...
Up to 100,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the last 6 years. We might think this has nothing to do with us, but in fact we are all complicit, says Yale professor Rodrigo Canales in this unflinching talk that turns conventional wisdom
Today, the FBI says, he's a cocaine dealer with ties to Mexican cartels — and he's on the run Snow Patrol By Jesse Hyde Team Trump Debates ‘How Much Should We Invade Mexico?’ In Trump’s government-in-waiting, the only question is how massive the U.S. assault on Mexican ...
“I think there’s a lot we can and we’ll continue to do in close partnership with our allies in Mexico. I think there’s more they can do as well to confront this challenge, and my preference would be, from the Department of State’s perspective, my pre...