The deaths of two U.S. officials in Chihuahua have triggered more than a diplomatic response from Mexico. They have forced President Claudia Sheinbaum to publicly acknowledge a deeper concern: local authorities may be coordinating with Washington without federal oversight.
A Southern California family allegedly tied to Mexico's powerful Sinaloa Cartel is now in federal custody, as U.S. authorities ramp up pressure on the criminal organization's leadership with a $10 million reward for one of the two Chapitos still at large.
The killing of Cecilia García Ramblas, a 28-year-old volunteer who searched for people who had disappeared due to organized crime violence, has shocked Mexico and cast renewed attention on the thousands of families forced to look for loved ones when the state cannot or will not find them.
Rumors swept across Mexico overnight after a violent federal operation left thirteen alleged gunmen dead in the Sinaloan municipality of Guasave, long known as the stronghold of Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, the drug lord better known as "El Chapo Isidro."
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho," has consolidated his place as the most powerful drug trafficker in the world, according to a new investigation by The Wall Street Journal. His organization, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), has eclipsed the once-dominant Sinaloa Cartel by capitalizing on shifts in the U.S. drug market and the internal collapse of its longtime rival.
One of Joaquín Guzmán Loera's granddaughters is launching her stage career with a controversial song. At just 20 years old, Frida Guzmán and her team seem to have a clear idea of how to take advantage of El Chapo's unsavory but immense reputation.
Jorge Hernández, lead singer and accordionist of La Banda de todas las Bandas, has a very deep understanding of the story behind the recent measures against "narcocorridos." Los Tigres del Norte accept the veto and even wonder if they need to change the name of the corridos.
Brazil is at risk of losing control over its Amazon rainforest region to organized crime and traffickers, who use the region to smuggle illegal drugs, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge warned.
Colombia's police said the Paraguayan prosecutor killed while on his honeymoon was likely a victim of "transnational" criminals working across borders.
Rogelio Contreras Rivera, a 20-year-old musician belonging to the group "Los Kumbiamberos RS," was killed in the night from Saturday to Sunday after several men kidnapped him from the stage of a Monterrey bar where the band was performing.
Eleven bodies were found burned and decapitated on the side of the road Thursday in the southern state of Guerrero in Mexico. The same day, President Enrique Pena Nieta announced a nationwide anti-crime plan.
Chile announces special prosecutor to investigate organized crime Chile has taken several steps in the recent past to fight organized crime, the latest of which is assigning special prosecutors to the task.
