February 25, 2025 Texas official issues warning after rancher killed by cartel IED in Mexico: 'A terrorist attack,' son says A Texas rancher was killed by an explosive device on a road while traveling through Mexico earlier this month, officials said on Tuesday.
February 25, 2025 Southern border state governor takes on cartels and security with signing of executive order Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order this week to establish a multi-agency task force to take on cartels and secure the border.
February 20, 2025 Fearing Trump will cross border militarily to pursue cartels, Mexico moves to reform constitution Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will propose constitutional reforms aimed at protecting the country’s sovereignty over concerns that the U.S. military could pursue drug cartels inside Mexico.
February 19, 2025 Trump State Department declares Tren de Aragua, MS-13, Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations The Trump administration designated eight dangerous gangs and cartels, including Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and the Sinaloa Cartel, as foreign terrorist organizations.
February 18, 2025 Sinaloa Cartel takes root in American neighborhoods: Where are they? Mexico's vicious Sinaloa drug cartel is "woven into our communities," a retired special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration said.
February 17, 2025 Trump’s designation of cartels as terrorists ends the fiction that Mexico is a trustworthy ally Trump’s action exposes the inconvenient truth: Mexico, under Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrado and Claudia Sheinbaum, is deeply compromised by cartel corruption and control.
February 12, 2025 Feds likely eyeing 'cover-ups' to bust Mexican cartels along border: former DEA agent The U.S. Drug and Enforcement Agency could hire informants to reveal where Mexican drug cartel tunnel "cover-ups" are located in the U.S., a former DEA special agent says.
February 11, 2025 Chicago grand jury returns indictment against high-ranking affiliate of violent Sinaloa Cartel: DOJ A grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment against a high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel affiliate on charges of drug conspiracy and firearm offenses.
February 4, 2025 FBI adds alleged leader of Meza-Flores transnational criminal organization to Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list The FBI added Fausto Isidro Meza-Flores, alleged head of the Meza-Flores criminal organization, to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
February 3, 2025 Mexican cartels targeting Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones, explosives amid Trump crackdown: report Mexican drug cartels have planned attacks on U.S. Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives to combat a crackdown by the Trump administration at the southern border.