The increased pace follows a threat by President Trump to designate drug traffickers as terrorists and amid two visits by his attorney general to Mexico to push for more cooperation.
Tag: Drug Cartels
Jhon Jairo Velásquez, 57, Dies; Escobar Henchman Turned YouTube Star
Mr. Velásquez, who boasted of murdering hundreds of people for Pablo Escobar, in recent years had built a business around the memories of his criminal activities.
Longest Smuggling Tunnel Is Found at U.S.-Mexico Border
The shaft ran for four-fifths of a mile between Tijuana and San Diego and was equipped with rails, ventilation, a drainage system and even an elevator, officials said.
75 Drug Cartel Members Tunnel Out of Paraguay Prison
The government had known for weeks that a Brazilian drug cartel was plotting a prison break, but it was unable to stop it.
A New Toll in Mexico’s Drug War: More Than 61,000 Vanished
The government said 61,637 people have disappeared since 1964, the vast majority since 2006, when then-president Felipe Calderón began cracking down on drug cartels.
Mexico Prison Fight Leaves at Least 16 Inmates Dead
Officials said several guns were found in the penitentiary.
Mexican Police Chief Arrested in Massacre of Mormon Family
The killings of three women and six children, members of a binational community that farms land in northern Mexico, reverberated worldwide.
He Was One of Mexico’s Deadliest Assassins. Then He Turned on His Cartel.
“They took away everything left in me that was human and made me a monster,” said the hit man.
Arrest of Top Crime Fighter Stuns Mexico, Where Corruption Is All Too Routine
The news shocked even a country grown used to graft: The man who for years led Mexico’s war against drug traffickers was accused of taking millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel.
Architect of Mexico’s War on Cartels Is Accused of Taking Bribes From One
Genaro García Luna once served in a presidential cabinet and as the head of Mexico’s equivalent of the F.B.I. He was indicted in New York on charges of taking bribes while in office.