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News Jan. 31, 2022, 4:51 AM

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claims Mexican cartels are using TikTok to recruit smugglers

During the briefing, Abbott said TikTok should be "ashamed" and "condemned" for its role in perpetuating human trafficking.

News Oct. 14, 2021, 6:03 PM

Why armed vigilantes are patrolling avocado farms in Mexico

Avocados are a $2.4 billion business in Mexico, and that kind of cash has attracted drug cartels that are stealing land and extorting farmers.

News Nov. 6, 2019, 9:30 AM

The brutal ambush of 9 American Mormons in Mexico is part of a surge of violence that could propel a new crisis at the US border

Nine members of an American Mormon family were brutally ambushed and killed on a Mexican roadside on Monday. It’s just the latest Mexican massacre to capture international attention, occurring not long after a botched military raid to capture the son of the drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán killed at […]

News Aug. 9, 2019, 8:25 PM

A Mexican gang hung 9 dead bodies from a bridge in a gruesome battle linked to control of the avocado trade

Warning: This post contains graphic details. Mexican authorities found a total of 19 bodies scattered across the city of Uruapan in Mexico’s Michoacán state on Thursday morning. Some of the bodies were hanging by the neck, while others were dismembered. The killings appear to be part of a scare tactic […]

News Feb. 7, 2019, 6:36 AM

8 key takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address

President Trump delivered his second State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night. Initially scheduled for last month, his speech was postponed because of the partial government shutdown – the repercussion for his demand that Congress pay for a wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump’s main points focused […]

News Feb. 8, 2018, 3:05 PM

These are the features of Mexico’s monstrous homemade narco tanks

As drug-trafficking-related violence in Mexico...

News Sep. 28, 2017, 5:20 AM

Here’s how Mexican cartels actually operate in the United States

President Donald Trump repeatedly referenced...

US Apr. 30, 2017, 12:47 AM

EX-UNDERCOVER DEA AGENT: What I did when drug dealers asked me to try the product

VIDEO: Retired DEA agent and "Deal" author Mike Vigil spent roughly 20 years undercover in Mexico and Colombia. He reveals what he'd say to drug traffickers when they would ask him to try some of the drugs they were selling. He also explains how he gained the trust of some of the drug cartels he was working with.

News Apr. 9, 2017, 5:47 AM

Cartels are growing marijuana illegally in California — and there’s a war brewing

In the grey half-light of dawn, eight figures...

US Jan. 21, 2017, 12:39 AM

Here’s footage of ‘El Chapo’ arriving to the US

Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo"...

US Jan. 20, 2017, 11:58 AM

El Chapo’s been extradited to the US — here’s a look at his dangerous life

VIDEO: The story of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has captivated millions of people. Here's a look inside the life of the infamous drug dealer.

US Jan. 3, 2017, 4:07 AM

Why the price of cocaine in America has barely moved in decades

VIDEO: The former Mexico City bureau chief for the Economist explains why the price of cocaine in the US has barely moved in decades.

US Jan. 1, 2017, 5:42 AM

EX-DEA AGENT: How I got Mexican drug cartels to trust me

A former undercover DEA agent reveals how he earned the trust of Mexican drug cartels.

US Dec. 28, 2016, 7:23 AM

This is how the legal marijuana industry is affecting Mexican drug cartels

VIDEO: Tom Wainwright, author of "Narconomics," is the former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. He explains how the legal marijuana business in the United States is affecting drug cartels in Mexico.