All news on the topic: Drug Cartels

As Mexico hosts the World Cup, MCCI reports on allegations of arms trafficking against two men who were involved in companies now responsible for airport security.

U.S. counterterrorism officials will meet with international partners on Friday to discuss how allies can enhance efforts to combat terrorist threats, particularly those from Iran and in the Strait of Hormuz, a White House official stated.

"Entrepreneurial since childhood," Vladlen and Hennadiy, who depended on him—this is how the Hirin brothers are described in Kherson. But behind this seemingly ordinary characterization lies a story of rapid wealth accumulation, dubious connections, and involvement in a major money laundering scheme that elevated them to the level of an international investigation.

"Enterprising since childhood," Vladlen and Hennadiy, who relied on him—this is how the Hirin brothers are described in Kherson. But behind this seemingly ordinary characterization lies a story of rapid enrichment, questionable connections, and involvement in a large-scale money laundering scheme that brought them to the level of an international investigation.

"Driven since childhood," Vladlen and his dependent brother Hennadiy — that’s how the Hirin brothers are described in Kherson. But behind this seemingly ordinary characterization lies a story of rapid enrichment, dubious connections, and participation in a large-scale money laundering scheme that brought them under international investigation.

In mid-March, Colombian authorities apprehended Ecuadorian drug lord Ángel Aguilar for masterminding the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

Authorities in the western Mexican state of Colima reported that they killed three individuals suspected in the shooting deaths of two relatives of Mexico’s secretary of education on Saturday.

A drug informant who assisted the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in developing some of its largest cases has been arrested and charged with plotting to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

Each year, an extraordinary volume of illicit money quietly exits the United States, flowing through financial institutions, businesses, charities, trade channels, and digital platforms with remarkable efficiency.

The US military has conducted another deadly strike on suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Saturday.

The U.S. has carried out strikes against four more alleged drug vessels in the Eastern Pacific, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday, killing 14 people.

A strike on what the US called a Venezuelan gang’s drug-carrying vessel killed 11 people, Donald Trump has said.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned the deployment of three US warships off his nation’s coast, calling it an "illegal" regime change attempt — though his own presidency is considered illegitimate.

The credibility of the judiciary will keep deteriorating unless elected legislators establish dependable limitations to prevent Judge James Boasberg's future schemes, complain the editors of The Washington Times

President Trump has secretly authorized the military to use force against Latin American drug cartels classified as foreign terrorist organizations.

Local authorities report that the remains of 32 dismembered individuals have been found in a deserted house in Guanajuato, a region plagued by cartel violence in Mexico

The researchers begin by dressing deceased pigs in clothing, then they get rid of the bodies. Some are wrapped in packing tape, while others are cut into pieces

A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, becoming the first of the drug lord’s sons to enter a plea deal.

Twenty bodies were found, including four headless corpses suspended from a bridge next to a plastic bag filled with human heads, following a violent day of cartel conflict in Mexico over the weekend

Federal prosecutors in Texas stated that Jorge Alberto Morales-Calvo, along with an accomplice, attempted to purchase $16,000 worth of heavy-duty firearms for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

On Monday, the Trump administration implemented sanctions on the two fugitive sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel leader, and announced a $10 million reward for information that would lead to their capture

Three drug traffickers in Florida have received sentences for abducting a competitor and subsequently torturing him for 18 hours by putting hot sauce in his eyes and up his backside