Authorities in Mexico arrested a top cartel lieutenant whose gunmen have reportedly been waging a fierce turf war to control lucrative port cities. The turf war led to a rash of forced disappearances and mass killings in the western part of Mexico.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law designating drug cartels to be “Foreign Terrorist Organizations.” The new law will expand the state’s ability to fight the activities of Mexican drug cartels in connection to human smuggling, drug smuggling, money laundering, and other organized criminal activities.
A group of cartel gunmen left three severed human heads and a narco-banner next to a military base in Cancun. The gruesome crime scene comes as rival cartels fight for control of the lucrative local drug distribution, trafficking, and money laundering businesses in the region.
A cartel turf war in southern Mexico forced thousands of villagers to flee their homes as rival criminal organizations fight for control of the border with Guatemala. The cartels force young men to join their ranks. Activists claim as many as 60 were killed in days and explosives are used in the once peaceful state of Chiapas.
One of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations delivered small appliances as Mother’s Day gifts to dozens of women in low-income neighborhoods. The deliveries arrived in various cities in the Mexican state of Michoacan as a way to earn public support.
Una de las organizaciones criminales más violentas de México entregó pequeños electrodomésticos a decenas de mujeres en barrios populares de varias ciudades como una forma de ganarse el apoyo público.
In the Mexican border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, locals are locking themselves in their homes as soon as the sun goes down due to an ongoing war between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel. The renewed fighting led to more than a week of fighting in several parts of the state of Tamaulipas despite an intense effort by state and federal authorities to deny the violence and minimize what they can’t hide.
Authorities in the Mexican coastal state of Colima announced the discovery of ten mass graves filled with 26 bodies. The discovery comes at a time when even tourist destinations are experiencing a wave of kidnappings and disappearances as drug cartels continue to wage fierce territorial disputes throughout Mexico.
Public officials in the border state of Tamaulipas are working to marginalize the violence that is spreading through their cities. Violence escalated in recent days as rival cartels fight for control of drug and human trafficking routes. The violence manifested itself in numerous blockades inside multiple cities while convoys of gunmen in armored vehicles fight in the outskirts and along key highways.
Several vehicles seized during a day of shootouts revealed that the fearsome narco-terrorist Cartel Jalisco New Generation appears to be operating in the border state of Tamaulipas. The deadly cartel is allegedly working in an alliance of sorts with one faction of the Gulf Cartel.
Italian authorities sounded the alarm about a shift in alliances between international criminal organizations. Their most recent information points to the Calabrian Ndrangheta teaming up with Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
Seven cartel gunmen died and several other individuals sustained gunshot wounds during a series of shootouts in western Mexico. The region experienced several days of fighting as gunmen from La Familia Michoacana fought against gunmen from Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
The various cartels operating in central and western Mexico continue to carry out numerous kidnappings as a way to exert their control over key highways that connect Mexico City with border cities.
Los diversos cárteles que operan en el centro y occidente de México continúan realizando numerosos secuestros como una forma de ejercer su control sobre las principales carreteras que conectan a la Ciudad de México con las ciudades fronterizas.
Authorities in the U.S. helped their Mexican counterparts arrest a Romanian woman who was wanted in Mexico for various extortions allegedly made on behalf of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG).
The investigation by authorities in Mexico into the murder of a deputy police chief in the state of Guanajuato. The gunmen ambushed the top official in the streets as raging cartel violence and terror attacks continued to plague the state.
Sicarios del cártel en Michoacán incendiaron tres bares y cuatro tiendas mientras organizaciones criminales luchan por el derecho a extorsionar a los negocios locales. En respuesta a los incendios provocados, una asociación empresarial local expresó su indignación por las condiciones en las que tienen que trabajar y algunos de los bares cerraron mientras que funcionarios del gobierno intentaban minimizar los incendios.
Cartel gunmen in the Mexican state of Michoacan set fire to three bars and four stores as criminal organizations fight for the right to extort local businesses. In response to the arsons, a local business association expressed outrage at the conditions they have to work under. Some of the bars shut down while government officials tried to minimize the political impact of the fires.
Mexico’s government remained silent after the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) delivered some harsh criticism during a U.S. Senate hearing. During testimony, she stated that Mexican authorities are not doing enough to stop both the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG).
Las autoridades mexicanas creen que sicarios del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación mataron al menos a 14 personas que se negaron a trabajar para ellos. El reclamo sigue al descubrimiento de una fosa común con 68 paquetes de restos humanos.
Mexican authorities are investigating the discovery of 42 bags filled with human remains inside a warehouse in the state of Mexico.
Mexico’s president claimed to be moving a large deployment of soldiers to one of his country’s most violent states, Zacatecas. The deployment follows a cartel attack where gunmen killed one of the top leaders of Mexico’s National Guard.
Cartel gunmen clashed outside of a stadium as musician Danny Ocean wrapped up a performance in the Mexican city of Morelia, Michoacán. At least one cartel member died in the shootout and four other individuals sustained injuries.
The death of a Mexican cartel boss during a shootout with police is expected to increase the raging violence in the state of Guanajuato. The state’s governor already called the violence perpetrated by the cartel “terrorism.”
One of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartels placed the body of a woman inside a large plastic drum along with a series of threats on a posterboard that was taped to it. The gruesome murder comes at a time when cartel violence continues to escalate in Mexico despite government assurances of improving security conditions.
Uno de los cárteles más peligrosos de México dejó el cuerpo de una mujer dentro de tambo de plástico con una serie de amenazas en una cartulina pegada. El escalofriante asesinato se produce en un momento en que la violencia de los cárteles sigue aumentando en México a pesar de las garantías del gobierno de mejorar las condiciones de seguridad.
Las autoridades en el punto turístico de Cancún están trabajando para identificar varios cuerpos que encontraron en dos fosas clandestinas en Cancún. El descubrimiento llega en un momento en que Cancún y otros puntos clave del Caribe mexicano están experimentando un aumento dramático en la narco-violencia.
Mexican authorities in the tourist hotspot of Cancun are working to identify several bodies they found in two clandestine gravesites. The discovery comes at a time when Cancun and other nearby beachfront hotspots are seeing a dramatic rise in cartel violence.
An ultra-violent drug cartel with a history of using explosives and killing random innocent victims issued a threat to attack any business that provides services to its rivals. The threats in the state of Guanajuato came after cartel gunmen stormed a strip club killing eight people inside and two others outside.
Un cártel ultraviolento con un historial de uso de explosivos y de matar a víctimas inocentes en ataques masivos lanzó una nueva amenaza afirmando que atacarán cualquier negocio que preste servicios a sus rivales en el estado de Guanajuato. Las amenazas se produjeron después de que un grupo de sicarios irrumpieron en un club de caballeros y mataron a 8 víctimas adentro y otras dos afuera.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels is attempting to impose a curfew on the border city of Tijuana. The move comes as Tijuana continues to experience a spike in violence as various drug cartels fight for control of lucrative smuggling routes into California.
A dog in Mexico became a viral sensation after having been recorded walking away from a crime scene with a severed human head. Cartel gunmen left their victim’s head next to a poster board containing threats — a scene that has become all too common in several parts of Mexico.
A raging cartel turf war spread terror throughout the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Rival criminal organizations form various alliances, often turning on each other while fighting for control of lucrative routes to border states to the north.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated specific Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations and ordered the Department of Public Safety to begin dismantling their infrastructure. The move comes as record levels of the deadly drug fentanyl are being pushed across the border.
The founding member of one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations is fighting efforts by authorities to extradite him to the U.S. where he faces multiple drug and money laundering conspiracy charges. If convicted the charges could net him a life term in prison.
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.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels posted a social media video where they asked other cartels in the country to keep the violence amongst themselves and to avoid hurting innocents, especially priests and pastors. The video comes just two weeks after a cell of the Sinaloa Cartel murdered two Catholic priests inside a church sparking international outrage.
Uno de los cárteles de la droga más violentos del mundo hirió a dos soldados del ejército mexicano al utilizar drones para arrojarles explosivos. El ataque con drones se produce cuando dos carteles principales de la droga luchan por el control de los territorios de producción de drogas y las rutas de tráfico de drogas de Michoacán.
One of the world’s most violent drug cartels injured two Mexican Army soldiers by using drones to drop explosives on them. The drone attack comes as two main drug cartels fight for control of Michoacan’s drug production territories and drug trafficking routes.
A group of gunmen left nine bodies on the side of the road with a banner threatening top government officials from the coastal state of Veracruz for supporting the Sinaloa Cartel. An interrogation video hinted that one of the victims was the nephew of the Veracruz Secretary of State.
