U.S. targets drug cartel leader with indictment, reward for arrest
Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has announced the unsealing of an indictment and a multimillion-dollar reward for information on the leader of a…
Tariffs, migration and cartels will top Rubio’s talks in Mexico and Ecuador this week
MEXICO CITY — Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will…
Venezuela sends troops to Colombia border as US ships join cartel operation | Nicolas Maduro News
Two more US ships said to join amphibious squadron due to arrive off coast of Venezuela in anti-drug cartel operation.Venezuela has announced the deployment of…
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties
HERMOSILLO, Mexico — A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that…
US warships may reach Venezuela coast by weekend in drug cartel operation | Politics News
Three US warships to be stationed off the coast of Venezuela in so-called fight against ‘narco-terrorists’, according to reports.Three United States warships ordered to deploy…
U.S. sanctions Mexican drug cartel associates accused of scamming elderly Americans
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug…
U.S. Treasury Department targets timeshare fraud by Mexican cartel
Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned four Mexican nationals and 12 companies in Mexico linked to a "brutally violent" cartel…
Mexico expels 26 alleged cartel members in latest deal with US | Donald Trump News
The extradition agreement comes as Mexico continues to cooperate with the Trump administration despite its tariff threats.Mexico has expelled 26 alleged high-ranking cartel members to…
U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against accused cartel kingpins
Federal authorities in the United States revealed Tuesday that they will not seek the death penalty against three reputed Mexican drug cartel leaders, including an…
Alleged cartel ties trigger ICE arrest of boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
July 3 (UPI) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested former middleweight world champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Wednesday in Studio City, Calif.,…
ICE arrests Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr., alleges cartel links
United States immigration agents have detained prominent Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. and are working to deport him, with officials saying he has “an…
US sanctions Mexican banks, alleging connections to cartel money laundering | Crime News
Mexican Finance Ministry says it has not received evidence to support claims against CIBanco, Intercam and Vector banks.The United States has imposed sanctions on three…
Close ally of drug kingpin ‘El Mencho’ gets 30 years in prison as U.S. ramps up pressure on cartels
WASHINGTON — A close ally of fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” for years orchestrated a prolific drug trafficking operation, using a semi-submersible and…
US imposes new Mexican cartel sanctions, cites murder of TikTok influencer | News
The Trump administration says the cartel is responsible for a significant share of fentanyl entering the country.The United States has imposed sanctions against five leaders…
Five Mexican musicians abducted, murdered by alleged drug cartel | Conflict News
Relatives of five members of the band Fugitivo, aged between 20 and 40, received ransom demands after their abduction.Drug cartel members are suspected of murdering…
The US announces first ‘terrorism’ charges for supporting a Mexican cartel | Crime News
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has accused a Mexican woman of furnishing a cartel with grenades and other weapons.The United States has revealed the first federal…
U.S. sanctions 3 brothers accused of fentanyl, fuel trafficking for Mexican cartel
May 2 (UPI) -- The United States is sanctioning three Mexican brothers and two Mexico-based companies linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel…
Los Alegres del Barranco had their visas canceled over cartel imagery
The U.S. State Department dropped the work and tourist visas of the members of the Mexican corrido band Los Alegres del Barranco after the group…
Ovens and bone fragments – BBC visits Mexican cartel ‘extermination’ site
Will GrantMexico, Central America and Cuba correspondentReporting fromTeuchitlán, MexicoGetty ImagesThree human crematory ovens were located at the Izaguirre Ranch at the beginning of MarchThe gates…
Why has Mexico handed over drug cartel leaders to US? Who are they? | Donald Trump News
Mexico has handed over 29 drug cartel figures to the United States, including one of the FBI’s most wanted, Rafael Caro Quintero, in what observers…