drug cartels

Professor Jenny Clark of South Texas College said smuggling operations have gotten much more sophisticated.

Mexican cities have seen widespread arson and shootings by drug cartels. The gangs appear to be targeting stores, vehicles and bystanders in response to disputes or attempts to capture gang members.

A diplomatic row has frozen U.S.-Mexican efforts to target drug cartels. American officials say illicit fentanyl from labs in Mexico is driving a surge in overdose deaths.

On this week's Fronteras, we speak with Nick Quested about his new documentary that chronicles a Central American migrant caravan making their journey north to the U.S.-Mexico border, and examines the policies and circumstances that drive drug traffickers into this line of work.

Mexico’s political history is one of upheaval. From the time the country declared its independence from Spain at the turn of the 19th century, to the…

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel dominates fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking and is linked to various assassinations. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says, "We will not declare war."

Mexican drug cartels have gotten into the lucrative avocado business in Michoacán Province, where most of the avocados imported into the U.S are grown.

Two days after Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán was transferred to a prison near Juárez, Mexico, a city near the U.S. border, a federal judge in Mexico said the extradition process meets legal requirements.

“El Chapo” Captured – Will Drug Lord Be Tried In the U.S?In the news this week - Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. First, Mexican Marines…

Nearly six months after his most recent escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico, drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán has been caught, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced.