"ATF is committed to stopping as many guns as possible from being illegally trafficked into Mexico," ATF Director Steven Dettelbach told CBS News in a statement, touting the prosecution of 100 people in the past year. "Investigating straw purchasers is just one tool that we use. Our efforts...
“For many of those smaller groups, it’s far easier to just prey on local populations,” said Falko Ernst, a Mexico-based analyst with the International Crisis Group, which promotes nonviolent solutions to conflicts. “It’s a myth that it’s only about drugs.” Advertisement The entrance ...
The article offers brief profiles of Mexican cartels involved in drug trafficking into the United States. Also presented is a map depicting the areas in Mexico and the United States controlled by the drug manufacturing and smuggling operations. A number of drug bosses are mentioned including Osiel ...
through the Midwest, and into the Northeast. While CJNG’s presence appears limited to the West Coast, it is a cartel of significant concern, as it is quickly becoming one of the most powerful organizations in Mexico, and DEA projects its presence...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers this month to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels. The Defense Department said Thursday t...
A first-ever study targeting the exorbitant wealth of Mexico's drug lords shows more than half the money smuggled out of the U.S. each year is cash that never passes through a bank, making it nearly invisible to law enforcement.
HSBC officials listed Mexico in its lowest risk category for money laundering during a four-year period when Mexican drug cartels were funneling over $700 billion through the bank. U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said: "The investigation revealed that staggering amounts of cash, hundreds of thousands...
Years ago, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel stuck a Mexican doll-head to a post near the border of Mexico and the US, as a warning to anyone who may try to operate on their turf and cross the line in that area without permission. Because that was low-ground, the builders of Trump’...
After the attack, Trump tweeted: “This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth.” Trump said in the radio interview that López Obrador had rejected his offer to “let us go in and clean...
, based on an intelligence map generated by DEA Special Operations Division Project Thor, depicts the smuggling paths of a "supernetwork" of interconnected gun supply chains that were illegally funneling military-grade firearms at the direction of the Jalisco New Generation cartel in Mexico.CBS News...