Drug cartels

Man standing trial alongside rapper Young Thug accepts plea deal

ATLANTA -- One of the co-defendants standing trial alongside the rapper Young Thug accepted a plea deal with prosecutors Tuesday.…

3 weeks ago

Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican prosecutors finally won convictions — and 50-year prison sentences — Wednesday against 11 drug cartel gunmen…

3 months ago

US envoy defends anti-drug cooperation with Mexico after complaints from prosecutors

MEXICO CITY -- The U.S. ambassador to Mexico on Friday defended cross-border anti-drug cooperation, after Mexican prosecutors publicly complained American…

3 months ago

Police find the bodies of 4 men, including a policeman, shot to death near resort outside Cancun

Police on Mexico's Caribbean coast say they have found the bodies of four men, including a policeman, shot to death…

4 months ago

Mexican kingpin’s arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power

MEXICO CITY -- A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by…

4 months ago

US arrests 2 leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of ‘El Chapo’

2024-07-26 08:50:02 WASHINGTON -- Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a…

4 months ago

Nearly 600 Mexicans flee drug cartel violence to seek refuge in neighboring Guatemala

Nearly 600 Mexicans flee drug cartel violence to seek refuge in neighboring Guatemala

4 months ago