A group of 376 Central American migrants illegally crossed into the U.S. on Monday by crawling underneath a border fence in Yuma, Arizona, and immediately surrendered themselves to U.S. authorities.
A Mexican police officer from Mexicali, Baja California, was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agents on January 12 after he attempted to cross the border with his family and a load of drugs in tow.
Mexican state police and soldiers arrested two Sinaloa Cartel operatives with an arsenal of rifles, ammunition, and a grenade on Wednesday. The pair were involved in drug smuggling activities near the California and Arizona borders.
Cartel violence in the Mexican border state of Sonora continues in 2019 with the police discovery of four male bodies dumped in a canal this week.
A Mexican mayor from Sonora with previous accusations of cartel connections was reportedly apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after an attempted crossing into Arizona with a passport not his own.
Mexican Federal Police assigned to drug interdiction at Tijuana’s Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport seized nearly 95 pounds of methamphetamine in the baggage claim area Sunday.
Two cartel hitmen belonging to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)–believed responsible for the murder of two Tijuana municipal police officers in early January–were arrested late last week.
Mexican state police arrested two Sinaloa cartel operatives in separate law enforcement operations near Mexico’s border with Arizona and California earlier last week. The arrests resulted in the seizure of one handgun and a quantity of methamphetamine according to local media reports.
Two human smuggling attempts were thwarted by Border Patrol and Mexican police after they observed groups of migrants attempting to cross into the United States from Baja California by cutting holes in a border fence.
A group of Central American migrants being held in a Mexican immigration detention center in Mexicali began rioting Wednesday afternoon, requiring the deployment of police and troops.
The cartel-related drug violence in Tijuana continues to rage into 2019 with 18 killed in as many hours this past Monday and Tuesday, leaving at least 68 dead in the new year.
A key cartel operative wanted by authorities for his alleged role in a conspiracy to traffic huge quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana to various cities in the United States was gunned down with his wife in Tijuana Saturday morning.
A team of cartel hitmen opened fire on two Tijuana police officers inside a Chinese restaurant. The attack left one officer dead and a second officer and restaurant employee wounded this past Thursday.
A Sinaloa Cartel-aligned gang leader’s murder sparked fears of escalated violence in Juarez after the city closed 2018 with a record 1,247 homicides.
A pregnant, 19-year old-Central American migrant from Guatemala was rescued from the top of the border wall in Mexicali after becoming unable to safely continue to the U.S. side.
Ciudad Juárez registered 1,247 homicides in 2018 amid a raging cartel turf war.
Tijuana surpassed 2,500 registered homicide cases at the end of 2018 as a cartel turf war continues to rage.
A transit police officer in Ciudad Juárez was arrested in connection with a double homicide shooting involving potential cartel motives.
Three garbage bags containing human remains from at least two victims were discovered dumped in the western section of Cancun on Wednesday morning.
A team of cartel gunmen stormed a funeral home in the state of Veracruz, gunning down the father and brother-in-law of a male homicide victim who was being mourned by his friends and family. The attack occurred on Wednesday night at approximately 11 pm in Pánuco.
A young couple in the border state of Sonora were gunned down in their parked truck at a Walmart on Christmas Eve.
The Mexican government responded to the release of a video capturing the deadly ambush of four police officers in October 2018, which was recently leaked via social media.
The border city of Ciudad Juárez, abutting El Paso, Texas, announced the gradual re-deployment of joint police and military patrols to quell cartel violence and enhance local security.
A total of 21 murder victims were discovered in the Tijuana River Channel in 2018, with 15 located in the last four months.
Formerly peaceful Cancún continues to experience shocking levels of cartel violence. At least eight individuals were murdered over the past weekend.
Mexican federal investigators discovered an active fentanyl lab belonging to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico City.
Members of the Central American migrant caravan are trying to bypass the U.S. asylum request process with staged border crossings in Tijuana.
Members of the “Honduran Migrant Caravan” marched to the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana on Tuesday and delivered a letter directed to President Donald Trump, demanding entry into the United States or $50,000 each to return home. They also requested the removal of military installations in Honduras.
A 26-year-old Mexican national was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison after he was busted transporting 24 pounds of opioids, including 11 pounds of fentanyl, in Texas this year.
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Arizona border with Mexico seized nearly $2.5 million in drugs, including 43 pounds of heroin, during five separate inspections this week. In addition to the heroin, officers seized 240 pounds of methamphetamine, 23 pounds of cocaine, and a quarter-pound of fentanyl for a total value of $2,419,940.
The cartel war in Tijuana continues at an alarming rate with 4,189 murdered in a two year period, coinciding with the current term of Mayor Juan Manuel Gastélum Buenrostro.
A municipal police director and 13 agents in Chihuahua were arrested last week in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc after their facilities were raided by state investigators.
SAN YSIDRO, California — Officials in Tijuana moved approximately 2,000 caravan migrants from their original shelter site due to health and sanitation concerns.
Mexican Federal Agents seized nearly two tons of drugs, including 62,505 fentanyl tablets, in the border state of Baja California.
Two U.S. teens from San Diego were discovered murdered execution-style at an apartment complex in Tijuana over the weekend.
The cartel violence in Tijuana continues with 16 homicides registered over the weekend, bringing the total for 2018 to at least 2,242.
The migrant crisis in Tijuana continues to intensify as migrants flood into the border city which is in the midst of a deadly cartel war that has now registered 2,220 in 2018.
The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis on Thursday and slammed his federal government’s response. The mayor said the government failed to provide adequate aid for the migrant caravan that flooded into the beleaguered city as reported. by local media.
Three state police officers and a Red Cross paramedic were killed by cartel gunmen dressed in military-style clothing in Guerrero over the weekend.
A group of cartel gunmen in the Mexican border state of Sonora opened fire on a truck they were pursuing, causing a crash. The attackers rushed to the scene to finish off the passengers on Sunday.
