Cartels
President Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had pressed Mexico’s president to let U.S. troops into the country to help fight drug cartels, an idea she summarily rejected. Mr. Trump told reporters traveling with him aboard Air Force One from Palm Beach, Fla., to Washington that it was “true” he had made the push with […]
The sibling ex-leaders of Mexico’s violent Zetas cartel were arraigned on Friday in the United States on charges including drug trafficking, firearm possession and money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Brothers Miguel and Omar Trevino Morales — aliases “Z-40” and “Z-42” — led . . .
Various claims made online accuse Ukraine of selling weapons provided by the United States and other countries on the black market amid the war between Russia and Ukraine. These accusations may be connected to Russian disinformation. A 2022 BBC investigation found what appeared to be Russians posing as Ukrainian weapons vendors on the dark web. […]
The US has added six Mexican cartels to its list of foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), as it calls for the “total elimination” of the criminal groups trafficking drugs to the US. Mexico’s two biggest organised crime groups, the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels, were among . . .
CNN — The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with sophisticated spy planes flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern US and in international airspace around the Baja peninsula, according to open-source data and three US officials familiar with the missions.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s executive order moving toward designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations would only impact Mexico if there’s close coordination between the two governments. She said that Mexico would defend its sovereignty and independence while seeking coordination with the U.S. in the […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Mexican drug cartels persist in smuggling highly addictive and dangerous drugs into the United States, American citizens legally permitted to buy firearms are trafficking these weapons to the cartels. Gun trafficking is nothing new, but according to U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg, gun trafficking cases linked to drug cartels and other criminal […]
The man sat on a worn-out office chair in the backroom of a market in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, amid vegetable trimmings and a haphazard stack of milk crates. He wore a blue shirt, worn jeans – and a ski mask. He asked to be referred by a nickname, “El Flaco” – the skinny […]
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico − The tunnel is dark and narrow. Toxic gases rise from the dank water. Insects scurry along the sides, rattlesnakes wait, coiled. Rodents lurk along the water’s edge. Yet this drainage network that reaches from Ciudad Juárez into El Paso, Texas, is one of the most sought-after routes for patrons of a […]
A bullet-riddled facade with the acronym of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Michoacan state, Mexico April 23, 2021. Photo by Alan Ortega/REUTERS MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants an urgent investigation into how U.S. military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, Mexico’s top diplomat said Monday. Mexico’s […]
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