Cartels

A gunman dressed as a clown murdered Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, a former leader of the Tijuana Cartel, in the state of...

The Organized Crime and Corruption Project (OCCRP) is a finalist for a Gannett Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting...

Mexican Federal Police arrested Juarez cartel figure Alberto "Ugly Betty" Carrillo Fuentes, 47, in the western...

Ecuadorian narcotics police arrested Jorge Dominguez Falla Elieze, one of the leaders of the Colombian group the Rastrojos,...

Mexican authorities captured Gulf Cartel leader Mario Armando Ramirez Trevino, also known as "X-20" or "The...

Sandra Avila Beltran, or the “Queen of the Pacific”, was sentenced by a US court to 70 months in prison for obstruction of...

Mexican drug cartels are increasingly looking to move onto the European mainland, according to a Europol press release on...

Mexican authorities have charged three generals and a lieutenant-colonel with aiding one of Mexico’s most powerful drug...

Organizations fighting to curb illegal weapons are criticizing the draft of a new UN treaty on regulation of global arms...

After a six-month investigation, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Arizona has arrested 20 members of a group...

The man arrested to much hoopla in Mexico last week is not the son of the country’s most wanted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo”...

Mexican marines have arrested Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, the son of Mexico’s most wanted drug lord Joaquin "El...