March 8, 2023 Senators push bill designating cartels as 'terrorist organizations' after Americans killed in Mexico The Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act would designate certain Mexican cartels as "Foreign Terrorist Organizations," giving the U.S. more power to fight cartel violence.
March 8, 2023 Deadly Mexico kidnapping highlights dangers of US citizens seeking medical procedures in region A deadly Mexico kidnapping revealed this week the dangers Americans face in their pursuit of health care abroad as medical tourism continues to escalate.
March 7, 2023 JESSE WATTERS: Cartels run the Mexican government Jesse Watters discusses the four Americans kidnapped by a cartel in Mexico just across the border and how the Biden admin is ignoring the severity of the crisis on "Jesse Watters Primetime."
March 7, 2023 Americans' kidnapping in Mexico reignites debate over ending drug cartels' control: 'It's a never-ending war' 'The Five' co-hosts discuss the kidnappings of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, over the weekend that left two dead and one injured, in what authorities say was likely a case of mistaken identity.
March 7, 2023 One of two American victims who survived Mexico kidnapping talks to mom from hospital, is 'doing ok': report One of the two surviving victims of the Mexico kidnapping last week was reportedly able to speak with her mother from a Texas hospital.
March 7, 2023 White House calls kidnapping, deaths of Americans in Mexico 'unacceptable' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday said that attacks on American citizens were "unacceptable" after two of the four U.S. citizens who were kidnapped by drug cartels were reported dead.
March 3, 2023 Former AG Bill Barr calls for US military to fight 'narco-terrorist' cartels in Mexico: 'Like ISIS' Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr argued that the U.S. must use its military power to destroy cartels within the borders of Mexico. Barr's take came in an op-ed published by WSJ Thursday.
February 22, 2023 US sanctions 6 members of Mexican drug ring supplying massive amounts of precursor The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six members of a Mexican drug ring supplying plenty of precursor chemicals. These chemicals are used to make fentanyl and methamphetamines.
February 22, 2023 Treasury slaps sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel network involved in fentanyl ‘super labs’ The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel members linked to the use of "super labs" to create deadly drugs including fentanyl.
February 21, 2023 Former Mexican security chief convicted of drug trafficking in US Former Mexican Public Security Secretary Genaro GarcÃa Luna was convicted by an anonymous New York jury of drug trafficking and accepting massive bribes to protect drug cartels.