By 2007, Mexican drug cartels controlled 90% of the cocaine entering the United States. [36][37] Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing …

Oct 24, 2019 · Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence.

Jan 21, 2025 · Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says President Donald Trump’s executive order moving toward designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations would only …

Founded in the late 1960s by Pedro Avilés Pérez in Sinaloa, the cartel initially focused on smuggling marijuana into the United States. Pérez is credited with pioneering the use of …

Oct 16, 2024 · Miguel and Omar Trevino Morales are alleged to be personally responsible for committing dozens of murders and for directing assassinations, kidnappings, and acts of …

Aug 5, 2024 · Mexican drug cartels are leading suppliers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other illicit narcotics to the United States. The cartels and the drug trade fuel rampant...

Mexican drug cartels, which currently threaten the national security of our Mexican neighbors, pose an organized crime threat to the United States, and are responsible for the scourge of illicit

Jul 27, 2024 · Here’s what we know about the Sinaloa cartel’s decades-long operations, impact and key players: The Sinaloa cartel, named after the Mexican state where it was formed, is …

6 days ago · In the 1960s and early ’70s, Mexico was known primarily as a supplier of marijuana. However, as U.S. efforts in Colombia slowed the flow of drugs from South America, Mexico …

Oct 16, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cellphone chats have become death sentences in the continuing, bloody factional war inside Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. Cartel gunmen stop …