The U.S. designated "Don T" and his organization as "specially designated narcotics traffickers" back in 2017, the same year he was captured

Trump's proposed border policies risk undermining Mexico's sovereignty while potentially empowering cartels and unlikely global competitors.

Tom Homan also claimed that "criminal cartels in Mexico are like a Fortune 500 company," in reference to their revenue streams and their expansion plans

Authorities said "La Alemana" had an active arrest warrant since 2021. She stands accused of unlawful possession of firearms and crimes against public health

Claudia Sheinbaum is apparently pursuing a different strategy than her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Facing a lifetime behind bars, the drug lord is seeking to overturn his conviction and make his time in prison more bearable.

Thousands of soldiers have been sent to Sinaloa in response to the deadly criminal dispute.

According to data from Mexico's Federal Security Cabinet, almost 700 killings have taken place in Chiapas so far this year

A judge sentenced her to three years in prison describing her as "low-level drug mule."

Over the past two years, the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned more than 300 targets for involvement in drug trafficking activities

Ovidio Guzmán reportedly entered a witness protection program. The news surfaced a month after his brother Joaquín and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada were arrested in the U.S.

Mexican families began arriving to various locations in Cuilco this week according to Guatemala's National Disaster Reduction Coordinator

Last year, nearly a third of migrants intercepted at the southern US border were Mexican -- around 740,000 -- more than from Venezuela, Guatemala or Honduras, according to the International Organization for Migration.

"We called authorities and told them where to find the suspects," a cartel member told The Daily Beast

The presumptive GOP nominee has advocated for the use of violent tactics to deal with drug trafficking coming from the neighboring country

AMLO justifies revealing a journalist's private information amid a reported U.S. money probe

Narcotics police the world over are sprucing up their video game skills, as cartels go increasingly online to sell drugs and recruit dealers.

Growing up in Ciudad Juarez, Chaparro saw wealth and poverty, and he always wanted to be a journalist, but when his friends were murdered, he needed to know why

Alongside the government workers, 800 combined force of soldiers including National Guard officers and police officers has also been sent to the location.

Local authorities believe Mayor Wilmer Wood got involved in drug trafficking over 15 years ago, and started running his own operations around eight years ago.

These vehicles, often converted from commercial trucks, were equipped with welded steel plate armor.

The Colombian National Police announced on Tuesday a reduction of coca crop eradication for this year, as the administration of Gustavo Petro continues its shift in its anti-drug policies.

Four human skulls were found on Friday by Mexican authorities in a local airport, with the package reportedly addressed and expected to fly to the United States for yet-to-be-known reasons.

At the top of Ecuadoran President GUillermo Lasso's priorities is securing help in battling drug cartels that have waged open warfare in his nation's streets and prisons.

A mother who was searching for her disappeared child was allegedly shot and killed in Mexico.

Criminal cartels in Mexico are using social media to recruit U.S. citizens to assist with their smuggling operations at the southern border.

Officials pointed out that these types of firearms were made to target the Mexican market, and used such marketing strategies to cater to specific firearms consumer groups.

Children in the area have only attended primary school as attending secondary school would mean leaving the security of their community. 

Mexican federal police say they were attacked after responding to calls of tractor trailers set on fire and blocking a highway in the state.

The news came just a few days before Mexico's president visited the state of Tamaulipas, which has seen a wave of violence in recent months.