Tag: Drug cartels
Mayoral candidate killed in Mexico; 34 dead so far
MEXICO CITY — Yet another mayoral candidate in north-central Mexico has been killed, bringing to 34 the number of candidates murdered nationwide ahead of...
Arrests, seizures target Sinaloa drugs destined for Virginia
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A trafficking network that ferried drugs from the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico through California to multiple drug dealing organizations around the...
Dominican official charged with drug trafficking in Florida
MIAMI — A Dominican congressman has been arrested in South Florida on drug trafficking charges, authorities said.
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Mexico, US stress attacking cartels’ business models, guns
MEXICO CITY — A security meeting between Mexican and U.S. officials on Thursday stressed attacking drug cartels’ business interests, the guns they use and...
Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is released
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador worried Monday that yet another shadowy release of a drug lord is about to make...
Mexico mayoral candidate runs despite DEA alert, warrant
MEXICO CITY — A candidate for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena is running for mayor of a cartel-plagued city in southern Mexico —...
Mexican border governor impeached for alleged tax evasion
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s congress voted Friday to impeach the current governor of the border state of Tamaulipas on charges of tax evasion, money...
Cartel gun battle with armored trucks kills 8 in Mexico
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A raging gun battle between rival Mexican drug gangs near the U.S. border left eight people dead and a string...
2 to stand trial for making exploding drones in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said Saturday that two men have been ordered to stand trial for allegedly making explosive-laden drones of the...
Papal Nuncio visits Mexico town hit by drone, cartel attacks
MEXICO CITY — Papal Nuncio Mons. Franco Coppola paid a visit Friday to a remote mountain hamlet in southern Mexico that has been ravaged...