On Tuesday night, President Trump told Congress that immigration is a national security issue. Critics argued over tone. But hours earlier, Mexico was in open cartel war. Mexican forces had killed ...

Stepping out of a restaurant onto the bustling streets of Ho Chi Minh City, as diners sit at street tables, the shooter pulls out a gun and fires on his targets from behind.

MEXICO CITY—For many drug-enforcement officials in North America, there was one cartel boss who was too big and too dangerous to ever try to take down—Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, the head of the ...

The brazen kidnapping of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son has unleashed fears of a new war between rival cartels in the violence-weary country. Police have confirmed that Jesus ...

The killing of cartel boss Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera by Mexican special forces a week ago is the biggest blow to organized crime in Mexico in years. The danger is that Washington takes the wrong ...

CNN — Mexico City (CNN) — August 10 was, for many in Mexico, a quiet Sunday like any other. But in Sinaloa – a northwestern state facing the Pacific – it was no ordinary Sunday. That day, 17 homicides ...

Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss whether cartel violence in Mexico following the takedown of El Mencho could spill across the US border and impact ...

A surge of weapons is flowing from the U.S. to Mexico. These firearms — sourced from gun shops, shows, websites and apps — are funneled across the border to fuel the country’s most violent crimes.

The U.S. and its allies have spilled blood and treasure to kill drug lords and defeat cartels, but the drugs keep coming and the new groups are more violent than ever. By Maria Abi-Habib Reporting ...

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