Authorities in southern Mexico are investigating the murder of a mayor at the hands of a team of gunmen who stormed the municipal headquarters, shooting their intended target and another city official. The attack is the second murder of a mayor in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in 2025.
Mexican authorities confirmed the discovery of eight bodies belonging to a group of men who had been reported missing earlier this week. The discovery began when locals reported to authorities the discovery of a human ear in a rural area of Baja California.
Gunmen with the Gulf Cartel are believed to be responsible for a series of attacks just days after authorities arrested a regional leader from that criminal organization.
A group of cartel gunmen abducted, murdered, and incinerated a group of musicians in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Desperate relatives held protests, vigils, and even blocked access to international ports of entry in an attempt to get government officials to act and not ignore the case, like the thousands of missing persons cases that have been taking place throughout the state of Tamaulipas in recent years.
Mexico’s government remains tight-lipped about an explosion that killed six Mexican Army soldiers in the western state of Michoacan. The soldiers were riding in armored personnel carriers, and the explosion is believed to have been a landmine planted by one of the cartels fighting for control of the region.
Authorities in Mexico are looking into the abduction of a Tamaulipas State Police officer and nine members of his family in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. For reasons yet unknown, the gunmen released the officer and the family unharmed. It remains unclear if the abduction was done as a message to government officials or for other reasons.
Two of the most violent cartels in Mexico appear to be joining forces to create a “mega-cartel.” The cartel merger could tip the balance of power in the ongoing Sinaloa Cartel civil war. The two Narco-terrorist factions that make up
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the targeting of two key leaders of the terrorist organization known as the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas. The move freezes all properties and assets of those two individuals and prohibits any U.S. company or individual from doing business with them.
Two top officials in Mexico City died at the hands of a team of gunmen in a crime that shook the highest levels of that country’s government. The targeted killing comes just days after a group of gunmen in Jalisco State shot and killed two police instructors with ties to the U.S. Department of State.
Authorities in Mexico are looking into the targeted killing of two men and the injury to a third who provided training to Mexican police agencies and worked as advisors for the U.S. Department of State and other agencies.
Las autoridades mexicanas investigan el asesinato de dos hombres donde un tercero quedo herido; ellos impartían capacitación a agencias policiales mexicanas y trabajaban ocasionalmente como asesores para el Departamento de Estado de USA y otras agencias.
U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican state police teamed up to destroy a cartel smuggling observation post near Nogales, Arizona.
Los cárteles mexicanos están aumentando el uso de drones para reemplazar a los “halcones” o espias que monitorean la actividad de los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense en la frontera. Según informes, los drones están reemplazando a los exploradores humanos, que frecuentemente eran menores de edad.
Reports indicate that family members of the imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled from Mexico to the United States for protection from warring cartel factions. Although U.S. officials have not confirmed reports of Griselda López, El Chapo’s ex-wife, arriving
The Gulf Cartel continues to send teams of gunmen into Texas to steal four-door vehicles and smuggle them into Mexico to resupply their paramilitary wing. The ongoing crime wave leads to regular high-speed chases and, at times, vehicle carjackings at gunpoint. The Gulf Cartel is one of six cartels labelled as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump Administration.
El Cártel del Golfo ha estado enviando grupos de pistoleros a Texas para robar vehículos de cuatro puertas e introducirlos de contrabando en México para reabastecer a su rama paramilitar. La actual ola delictiva provoca persecuciones frecuentes a alta velocidad y, en ocasiones, robos de vehículos a punta de pistola. El Cártel del Golfo es uno de los seis cárteles que la administración Trump ha catalogado como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras.
A group of gunmen fired into a crowded bar, hitting five Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren De Aragua gang. Two of the TDA members died during the attack, while three others sustained injuries.
Gunmen from the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas carried out a large-scale attack on a rival group of gunmen near a small rural community in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The fighting went on for over an hour, involving several armored vehicles, high-powered weapons, and explosives. By the time authorities responded, the gunmen had fled, taking at least five bodies of fallen gunmen but leaving several burned-out armored trucks.
Sicarios de la facción Cártel del Noreste de Los Zetas perpetraron un ataque a gran escala contra un grupo rival cerca de una pequeña comunidad rural en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León. El combate se prolongó durante más de una hora, involucrando varios vehículos blindados, armas de alto poder y explosivos. Para cuando las autoridades respondieron, los sicarios ya habían huido, llevándose al menos cinco cuerpos de sicarios caídos, pero dejando varias camionetas blindadas incendiadas.
Universities in western Mexico were forced to close their doors due to the raging cartel violence in Sinaloa, which led to hundreds of murders, hundreds of forced disappearances, arson attacks, and other acts of violence. The schools are forced to offer remote classes despite the many claims made by Mexican government officials that security is improving in the region.
One of the sons of Sinaloa kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has reached a plea agreement with U.S. federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to several drug conspiracy charges in the coming weeks.
Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, refused to answer questions about her fear of cartels in order not to go against previous comments made by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
A U.S. news organization used a series of fixers to be able to travel into Mexico and publish a news story where they try to paint a Mexican cartel behind thousands of brutal killings, forced disappearances, and arson attacks targeting innocent civilians in a positive light.
A highly decorated Mexican federal police officer and his wife died during a targeted attack by gunmen in Mexico. The murder came just weeks after it became known that his testimony in a U.S trial had helped seal the fate of the son of the leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation. The drug lord’s son received a life term in prison.
The U.S. Department of State is warning tourists to be on the lookout, as cartel violence continues to spike in the busy beach resort area of Los Cabos. The violence not only includes shootings and targeted killings, but also style attacks on city buses where gunmen have been setting them on fire despite their being full of passengers.
A series of clashes involving the Foreign Terrorist Organization, Cartel Jalisco New Generation, brought three states to a standstill as gunmen carjacked dozens of buses and vehicles to set them on fire. The attacks created blockades along the main highways in the Mexican states of Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. The violence spread to 29 municipalities.
With almost complete impunity, the Gulf Cartel expanded its control in Tamaulipas to the point where it operates as an alternative government in the border city of Matamoros. Through this control, all businesses, including food vendors, flower shops, and even panhandlers, are required to pay a weekly protection fee to the Gulf Cartel. The cartel operates a massive database of the city’s commerce and even uses city officials to collect the funds.
Officials in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, are sounding the alarm after their transit police officers received a threat from alleged Gulf Cartel members for having stopped them over traffic infractions. The Gulf Cartel is one of six Mexican criminal organizations branded as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the U.S. Department of State.
Un mando de Los Zetas, recientemente capturado, pasó poco más de un año en el sur de Texas, ocultándose de sus rivales, antes de regresar a México y desatar una ola violencia extrema en la región. A este miembro del cártel se le atribuye la autoría intelectual de un ataque a gran escala que causó la muerte de dos soldados mexicanos y un policía, además de heridas a otras ocho personas, en respuesta al arresto de su esposa.
A recently captured lieutenant with Los Zetas spent a little over a year in South Texas, hiding from his rivals before returning to Mexico to unleash extreme violence in the region. This cartel figure is credited with masterminding a large-scale
Federal agents deported a Mexican politician who spent years on the run before spending many years in a U.S. prison on money laundering charges tied to embezzled funds and cartel bribes. During his time on the run, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, had protection from the Mexican government and even had police officers assigned as his bodyguards.
A group of cartel gunmen stormed a drug rehab center, killing nine victims and injuring several others in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The mass killing is the latest chapter of a wave of violence brought on by a fierce turf war between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Una investigación en un rancho al sur de la frontera con Texas ha desenterrado seis torsos humanos en lo que se cree fue otro campo de exterminio utilizado por el Cártel del Golfo.
An ongoing investigation into a ranch just south of the Texas border with Mexico led to the discovery of six human torsos. The dismembered bodies were unearthed in what investigators believe is yet another killing field used by the Gulf Cartel.
The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas sent a team of hitmen from Mexico into the Texas border city of Laredo to kill a man who had allegedly stolen drugs from them. Court documents revealed that the top leadership of the cartel gave the order, and the hitmen were told to “leave no witnesses.”
La facción Cártel del Noreste de Los Zetas envió un equipo de sicarios desde México a la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo para asesinar a un hombre que presuntamente les había robado drogas. Documentos judiciales relacionados con el caso revelaron que la orden fue dada por la cúpula del cártel, y que se les indicó a los sicarios que “no dejaran testigos”.
A member of the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas who was living illegally in the border city of Laredo received a five-year, three-month prison sentence for illegally buying ammunition in large quantities. The ammo was eventually going to be smuggled to Mexico.
Authorities in Mexico arrested a commander and an investigator with the Oaxaca Attorney General’s Office over their role in abductions and mass killings. The incidents include the recent mass killing and dismemberment of eight beach-bound students.
Las autoridades mexicanas arrestaron a un comandante y a un investigador de la Fiscalía General de Justicia de Oaxaca por su participación en varios secuestros y asesinatos, incluyendo el reciente asesinato y desmembramiento de ocho jóvenes que habían ido a la playa.
In a series of coordinated attacks in Western Mexico, gunmen from Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) killed three Mexican soldiers, killed two National Guardsmen, and injured two other soldiers.
