On February 22, cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” was killed in a hideout in the town of Tapalpa, a well-known tourist center in Mexico’s Jalisco state. The Mexican ...

Mexican authorities, with U.S. support, have been waging a battle against the powerful criminal gangs for two decades. Still, ...

Over the past two decades, drug cartels in Mexico have grown exponentially to the point that in some parts of the country organized crime groups exert more control than the federal government. To ...

Cartel insiders say that in exchange for bribes and political support they were allowed to operate in Sinaloa state with near ...

The recent killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) who was commonly referred to by his alias “El Mencho”, has once again brought global ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a briefing at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City last month. (Cristopher Rogel Blanquet / Getty Images) President Trump has deployed military might to ...

Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the criminal group’s embrace of technology. “El ...

Fresh avocados on a cutting board; one of them is halved. - Olesia Shadrina/Getty Images All jokes about "millenials eating avocado toast" aside, who doesn't love an avocado? From a bowl of guacamole ...

The power of Mexico’s drug cartels is a national security threat that undermines the stability of our region and poisons thousands of Americans every year. President Donald Trump’s indictment of two ...