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Mexico’s Army is trying to track Islamic extremists with links to ISIS and other groups engaged in recruiting new members in at least six cases. While the information was largely kept hidden, recent leaks by hacktivist group Guacamaya exposed the efforts.

A U.S. drug conspiracy case which entered the sentencing phase last week reveals how Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) has used Laredo, Texas, since at least 2018 to move heroin and methamphetamine.

A Mexican doctor serving time in a U.S. prison on charges of spying for Russia is reportedly connected to top officials within the Government of Mexico.

Cartel gunmen kidnapped a Mexican border-state mayor and his staff as they traveled through the border state of Tamaulipas. After a large-scale manhunt and government pressure, the gunmen released the politician from Coahuila and his staff.

Approximately 60 previously deported Venezuelan migrants rushed the northbound lane of an international port of entry leading to Brownsville, Texas, Friday. The effort forced a shutdown of the port for several hours.

Three gunmen fired into one of the most popular bars in Playa del Carmen, a beach destination approximately 40 miles from Cancun.

A group of hacktivists rocked Mexico’s government by exposing ties between top officials and cartels. One of the leaks confirms a report from Breitbart Texas about cartel maneuvers. The group also exposed uncomfortable secrets for Mexico’s president.

Authorities in West Texas are hunting for an alleged Mexican drug trafficker who escaped a jail where he was awaiting trial.

A former border state governor has become the target of Mexican authorities following the issuance of an arrest warrant for organized crime for the second time.

A previously deported sexual predator living in South Texas will spend 15 years in prison on child porn charges and face another deportation.

Cartel gunmen clashed in a fierce battle where one man died and several others were injured. A famed Mexican regional music performer was rumored to have been the target of a failed kidnapping but he later claimed he was not at the scene Sunday.

A Texas prison warden and his brother face manslaughter charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a migrant and for allegedly injuring another. The migrants were drinking water from a reservoir at the time of the shooting.

The mayor of a Mexican border city remains silent after large-scale shootouts prompted the U.S. Consulate General to issue local security warnings.

Freshman Texas Congresswoman Mayra Flores (R) filed a bill aiming to decrease gun violence and school shootings which would redirect funding from IRS plans to hire 87,000 agents.

Cartel messages appeared in a Mexican border city last week, accusing top police officials of kidnapping and killing innocents on behalf of another criminal organization.

One of Mexico’s most ruthless criminal organizations attacked a convoy of vehicles in a Texas-bound vaccination drive for children Monday. One police officer died and others sustained injuries. No children were physically harmed.

The family of a federal agent who was killed in Mexico at the hands of Los Zetas Cartel in 2011 will finally be able to receive funeral and survivor benefits after a Texas congresswoman intervened.

A nephew of the infamous drug kingpin known as El Chapo died from gunshot wounds sustained while celebrating Mexico’s Independence in the border state of Chihuahua. The shooting happened during a fight as he celebrated with a group of people.

For years, a jail in South Texas held the man responsible for leading the Gulf Cartel at a time when it was one of the most powerful organized crime groups in Mexico. Breitbart Texas was recently granted inside access to the facility and procedures employed to prevent rescue attempts.

The former supreme leader of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. prison. The drug lord is responsible tons of cocaine and marijuana smuggled into the U.S. and mass killings to preserve or expand turf.

As the U.S. continues to see record-setting migrant apprehensions, human smugglers in Mexico operate with impunity as only two out of 174 arrested in one Mexican border state have been convicted and sentenced for their crimes in 2022.

A drug lord who was responsible for the 1985 murder of a DEA agent will serve the rest of his Mexican prison sentence under house arrest after a judge ruled in his favor Monday.

The new president of Colombia is looking to stop the extradition of drug lords who negotiate with his government. Drug lords who do not negotiate would be extradited to the U.S. and other countries as they make requests.

Funcionarios del gobierno mexicano están tratando de encubrir una explosión mortal en una casa que mató a tres miembros de una agencia de seguridad estatal fronteriza. Las autoridades atribuyen la explosión a una fuga de gas accidental, sin embargo, el Cártel de Sinaloa se atribuyó el ataque a través de un comunicado.

Mexican officials are trying to cover up a home explosion that killed three members of a border state law enforcement agency. Authorities blame an accidental gas leak, however, the Sinaloa Cartel is now claiming credit for the blast.

Mexico’s lower congressional chamber held a midnight vote that gave ultimate control of their civilian federal police force to the nation’s military. The move sparked much controversy as Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his party had campaigned to de-militarizing the country as a way to diminish the rampant cartel violence.

Congresswoman Mayra Flores (R-TX) wants to defund Mexican cartels by removing some of their primary revenue sources: human smuggling and trafficking.

A Texas border judge appears to have set a $5,000 bond on a woman from Mexico who is facing money laundering charges. Authorities stopped the woman from trying to cross to Mexico with $250,000 and two handguns.

One of Mexico’s most controversial mass killings where 43 students headed to a protest were kidnapped by police and cartel allies took a turn in recent days. New evidence indicates the order to kill and dispose of their remains came from drug lords in Chicago.

Unknown gunmen shot and killed a Mexican journalist in the coastal state of Guerrero Tuesday. The murder is the third of its kind in August and the 16th in 2022. Press freedom organizations now call the current year the deadliest for news workers in Mexico.

Mexican authorities arrested the country’s former top prosecutor in connection with the investigation and coverup of a massacre of 43 education students. The murders allegedly took place at the hands of cartel gunmen and corrupt cops.

Authorities in Mexico found the body of a journalist who had been reported missing days prior. The killing marks the fifteenth of its kind in 2022.

Three gunmen wearing facemasks claimed to be U.S. Marshals during a home invasion in Arizona. The fake feds allegedly beat one of the attacker’s estranged wife and mother-in-law with a baseball bat.

The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana issued a shelter in place alert after cartel members torched numerous vehicles and cars in five of the main cities in the border state of Baja California. The attacks are tied to an apparent demand by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels to release some jailed members.

Cartel gunmen shot and killed a radio crew and several bystanders during a series of attacks on businesses throughout Ciudad Juarez. Authorities note 11 murders and several cars and businesses set on fire in a span of 10 hours. The violence is attributed to a cartel turf war that began inside a local prison.

Cartel gunmen unleashed a wave of terror in two Mexican states where they blocked roads, torched dozens of vehicles, set fire to businesses, and shot weapons into the air. The simultaneous attacks came as a response to an army raid.