September 3, 2023 MS-13 and Mexican Mafia leader sentenced to 17 years for massive trafficking of meth, cocaine across border MS-13 leader Nelson Alexander Flores, aka 'Mula,' was sentenced to 210 months for moving more than 100 pounds of meth and cocaine per month.
September 1, 2023 Traffickers plead guilty in California for smuggling $10,000 in endangered sea cucumbers from Mexico Wildlife traffickers Zunyu Zhao and Xionwei Xiao have pleaded guilty in California to illegally importing overfished marine animal brown sea cucumbers from Mexico for two years.
August 30, 2023 6 men killed in ambush near Mexican border town known for migrant smuggling Several men were killed in an ambush near the border of Guatemala and Mexico. Violence between two rival cartels has recently erupted in a Mexican town known for migrant smuggling.
August 20, 2023 Tropical Storm Hilary batters California with dangerous flooding, mudslides, power outages Hilary was downgraded to a tropical storm, but the National Weather Service still warns of potentially "catastrophic" flooding for California.
August 18, 2023 5 students beaten, murdered by Mexican cartel in horrifically graphic video were lured by job offer: report The five Mexican men who went missing and were forced to kill one another on camera were lured into the cartel's captivity through a fake job offer, according to a report.
August 17, 2023 Mexican investigators find decapitated, burned bodies after circulation of gruesome execution video Mexican authorities have found four decapitated and badly burned bodies several days after the emergence of a gruesome execution believed to show five missing young men.
August 16, 2023 Mexican Navy seizes boat carrying 3 tons of cocaine off Pacific coast resort Several tons of cocaine on a boat 200 nautical miles from Acapulco, a Pacific coast resort in Guerrero, Mexico, have been seized by the country’s Navy.
August 9, 2023 Mexico cracks down on 23 pill-pushing pharmacies at Caribbean resorts after U.S. travel warning Mexican authorities raided and closed 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts this week after a research report warned drug stores were selling fake opioids to foreigners.
July 31, 2023 Mexican consulate warns citizens in DC about crime surge in US capital The Mexican consulate in Washington, D.C., is urging Mexican nationals living around the American capital to take "precautions" due to the city's surging crime rates.
July 30, 2023 New challenger gives Mexican opposition hope of beating AMLO's party Mexican Senator Xóchitl Gálvez could be the opposition's presidential candidate in the upcoming election, an intriguing prospect due to her potential benefit for U.S.-Mexico relations.