14 suspects linked to powerful Sinaloa cartel arrested in ... - CBS News
8 hours ago · The family received a 240,000-euro ransom request ($253,000) and a total of $32,000 was paid in cryptocurrency. The 14 detained suspects were allegedly involved in drug trafficking, money ...
How the U.S. arrest of drug lord ‘El Mayo’ fueled violence in Mexico
2 days ago · CULIACAN, Mexico — When a Mexican drug lord was bundled aboard a small Beechcraft jet and secretly flown to the United States in July, the U.S. government called it a major blow to fentanyl ...
Mexican soldiers kill 19 drug cartel suspects ... - Associated Press News
Oct 23, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops have killed 19 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a shootout and suffered no casualties, the Defense Department said. The ruling Morena party has criticized past administrations for lopsided death tolls in which many suspects but no soldiers died, suggesting they constituted executions or rights abuses.
US ambassador says Mexico 'closed the doors' on security …
4 days ago · MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar lashed out Wednesday at Mexico’s failure to accept aid in the fight against drug cartels, claiming the country “closed the doors” on security cooperation. In a press conference, Salazar launched his harshest criticism yet of rampant violence, police corruption and the Mexican …
Civil war in the home of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: Fear grips Culiacan
Sep 27, 2024 · Recent abduction and arrest of a top drug lord has set off a vicious war inside Mexico’s most violent cartel. Culiacan, Mexico – The man is lying, top off, trousers pulled down, amid the...
Drug cartels | Latest News & Updates | AP News - Associated Press News
Sep 20, 2018 · Mexican prosecutors have finally won convictions against 11 drug cartel gunmen for the massacre of 122 people who were pulled off passing buses and forced to fight each other to the death with sledgehammers.
A Cartel Double-Cross Turns a Mexican State Into a War Zone
Oct 8, 2024 · An explosive deception has ripped apart one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups, the Sinaloa cartel, and ignited a war between the rival factions. Police officers guarding a crime scene...
Over 30 killed in Mexico cartel stronghold as violence rages ... - CBS News
Sep 16, 2024 · Eleven more people have been killed in a wave of violence in a Mexican cartel heartland shaken by gang infighting, authorities said Sunday. The latest fatalities included five men whose bodies...
No war on cartels, Mexican president vows in plan to stem …
Oct 8, 2024 · MEXICO CITY — Rejecting a renewed “war” against drug traffickers, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday unveiled her strategy to battle organized crime in a nation where each day...
Mexico’s military attacked, roads blocked in drug cartel …
Aug 30, 2024 · Mexican military personnel were attacked and roads blocked in an outbreak of violence in northern Sinaloa state, home to one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels.