Smuggling networks that bring migrants to the United States from Central America have only grown more sophisticated and profitable under the Trump administration’s harsh border policies, experts say. The Trump administration has imposed policies to keep migrants waiting in Mexico as long as possible – but that has only created […]
Sebastian Rotella is a ProPublica senior reporter and author of “Rip Crew.” While working at the Los Angeles Times, Rotella served as a correspondent at the Mexican border. He explains what popular TV shows and movies like “Narcos” and “Sicario” get right and wrong about Mexican drug cartels. He says […]
Under the leadership of Pablo Escobar, the...
Medellin cartel chief Pablo Escobar had his...
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter James...
Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquín "El Chapo"...
A former undercover DEA agent reveals how he earned the trust of Mexican drug cartels.
In the early 1990s, Colombian authorities, the US government, and rival criminals were all after Pablo Escobar. The Medellin cartel chief was gunned down on a rooftop in his home town in December 1992. Many claims of responsibility for Escobar’s killing have been made, but the exact details remain murky. […]
Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump...
In late January this year, at little more than...
VIDEO: Tom Wainwright, author of Narconomics, is the former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. He explains the financial reason why some drug cartel members get head-to-toe tattoos.
Nearly 850 pounds of cocaine was found floating...
Three men alleged to have links to Lebanese...
Efforts to staunch the flow of cocaine in...
The Mexican government released figures for...
VIDEO: Tom Wainwright, author of "Narconomics," is the former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. He explains the reason Mexican drug cartels consistently commit acts of violence at 5:45 p.m. in Juárez, Mexico.
A judge will hear the US extradition case...
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