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The American-born leader of one of Mexico’s most dangerous cartels could face life in prison following his capture in Mexico and subsequent deportation to the U.S.

Gunmen shot and killed the director of a local news outlet in western Mexico, marking the ninth of its kind in 2022. The homicide follows weeks after shooters killed one of his staff.

A Texas woman and her son are facing federal charges in connection with a large-scale sex-trafficking operation which allegedly ran for longer than 23 years. The victims were reportedly young women and underage girls from northern Mexico.

Un antiguo narcotraficante mexicano responsable del asesinato de un agente federal de Estados Unidos en 1985, está detrás del reciente aumento de violencia en el noroeste de México, justo al sur de Arizona. El capo de la droga se encuentra actualmente en la lista de los más buscados de la Administración de Control de Drogas de los Estados Unidos.

Nearly two dozen spectators were injured in a large-scale riot at a professional soccer game in Central Mexico. Hundreds of people took to the field and rushed the stands to attack supporters of the opposing team.

Mexican authorities confirmed the murder of a crime journalist in the central state of Zacatecas. The killing is the eighth of its kind since the start of the year.

Police arrested 22 members of the Sinaloa Cartel, including a regional leader, who were operating in the Monterrey metropolitan area this week. In recent months, the border state of Nuevo Leon has become the latest front of a fierce turf war as the cartel tries to expand its territories.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday that one of the most violent cartels in the world, Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), should change its name to not give the state of Jalisco a bad image.

Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) gunmen lined up at least 17 victims and shot them during a funeral in western Mexico Sunday.

Mexican authorities arrested an elusive top leader within Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. The feared drug lord has been arrested two times in the past only to be released by federal judges. It is the second successful high-value target operation this week.

El arresto en México y la repatriación de un miembro del Cartel del Golfo nacido en Estados Unidos que tenía órdenes de arresto pendientes en Texas por cargos de asesinato desencadenó una respuesta violenta por parte de la organización criminal.

The arrest in Mexico and repatriation of a U.S.-born Gulf Cartel member who had pending warrants in Texas on murder charges triggered a violent response by the criminal organization.

Mexico continues to experience a dramatic rise in murdered journalists despite claims by officials that the cases are being properly investigated. This week, gunmen killed two reporters in Mexico City and the border state of Sonora.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) called out U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, saying he was misinformed about violence perpetrated against Mexican journalists.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) told U.S. voters not to trust Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), calling him “crooked” (chueco) and a “busybody” (metiche) during a Tuesday news conference in response to the Texas politician’s recent comments about cartel violence in Mexico.

A Texas newspaper wrongly claimed a local attorney leaked the name of a government informant. That informant was later murdered in 2007 by his own criminal organization. However, the allegations published by the publication are erroneous, federal law enforcement officials

A Mexican scientist pleaded guilty to working for a foreign government while in the United States. The scientist, who admitted to having worked for Russian spies in Florida, faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

A Mexican politician is exposing what he alleges are corrupt practices within a leading border state university involving phantom companies to hide millions in funds, plus contract rigging.

A top soccer player in Mexico sent a video greeting to a fugitive drug lord whose cartel is linked to car bombs, IEDs, explosive drones, and mass murder.

The U.S. government stopped imports of Mexican avocado after cartels threatened an American inspector working in that country.

Mexico’s president drew harsh criticism from various international press freedom organizations after he singled out a journalist for revealing his son’s alleged income and other personal information. The confrontational statements between politician and journalists in Mexico follows the deaths of five journalists killed since the start of the year.

An Iranian businessman will be spending more than three years in a U.S. prison for laundering money for Mexican cartels. The man used firms along the U.S.-Mexico Border to launder illicit funds, according to court documents.

Gunmen in Mexico shot and killed a journalist in the southern state of Oaxaca, marking the fifth of its kind for the country in 2022.

Guatemalan authorities working with U.S. agents arrested 10 human smugglers tied to a 2021 police massacre ending with the deaths of 19. Mexican cops killed 16 migrants and three smugglers near the border with Texas. The smugglers are part of an organization with ties to a fugitive former mayor in Guatemala.

A group of gunmen left a total of 16 bodies in two separate towns in a central Mexican state. Some bodies were hung and some were wrapped in blankets and dumped, the gory discovery is the latest in a long line of executions and mass killings that have plagued the region as two drug cartels fight for control.

A federal court in El Paso convicted two Mexican gunmen for shooting a group of U.S. Consulate workers in Ciudad Juarez in 2010. The gunmen are part of the Barrio Azteca gang which, at the time, was working with the Juarez Cartel to fight against the Sinaloa Cartel for control of the lucrative border city.

A group of three gunmen shot and killed an online journalist in western Mexico marking the fourth murder of its kind in less than one month. The murder follows threats to the journalist and his colleagues for “exposing corrupt politicians.”

Thousands of journalists throughout Mexico held protests in 55 cities after the recent killings of three colleagues to raise awareness on how so few related crimes are solved.

The son of the ultimate leader of the Gulf Cartel tried to run a cell of smugglers while on U.S. court-ordered supervised release. During that time, he bragged on social media about efforts to expand power while terrorizing Texas residents at nightclubs.

A gunman shot and killed a journalist in Tijuana Sunday. The murder is the third of its kind in Mexico for 2022 and the second in Tijuana over a 7-day period.

Mexican authorities revealed the shooting of three Canadians at a luxurious resort in the Mayan Riviera is linked to an apparent organized crime dispute. One of the fatal victims was a relative and alleged money launderer for a top Vietnamese mafia leader operating in Canada.

A lone gunman shot a group of three Canadians who were staying at an upscale resort in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, killing two of them. Mexican authorities claim that the two fatal victims had criminal histories tied to drug trafficking.

In a matter of days, two journalists were killed in Mexico as their federal government considers changes to protective laws.

Mexican authorities rescued 359 Central American migrants stuffed in a tractor-trailer bound for the U.S. border.

Authorities in Guatemala claim to have stopped the first migrant caravan of 2022. The efforts to contain the group led to a violent clash with dozens of detentions and 15 law enforcement officials sustaining a variety of injuries.

Mexican federal authorities arrested a group of smugglers who fled from U.S. authorities and drove through a port of entry into Mexico in an attempt to escape. Citizen journalists documented the chase and the conclusion.