Drug cartels

An expert detailed the way in which cartels are seeking to expand their operations in the cyber space

A municipal councilwoman in Jalisco and head nurse at the Teocaltiche Community Hospital was shot and killed early Friday by three armed individuals.

Harfuch called the number of clandestine labs seized as "unprecedented" and credited the Mexican Army and Navy with locating labs in 19 states across the country

Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks says the agency is fully prepared for increased cartel activity as the Trump administration touts recent declines in illegal crossings and fentanyl seizures.

Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, will plead guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges in a Chicago federal court on July 9

Prosecutors claim José Ascensión Murguía Santiago met regularly with key figures of the Jalisco Cartel, including José Gregorio "El Comandante" Lastra and Gonzalo Mendoza Gaitán, known as "El Sapo."

CNN sat down with a member of the Sinaloa Cartel to discuss the increased violence in the state. 'The situation is ugly,' the operative lamented.

President Donald Trump criticized his Mexican counterpart for rejecting an offer to send U.S. troops to the country

State and federal forces in Mexico arrested 17 individuals allegedly linked to a former Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) ringleader

Mexican authorities said "Ajenjo" is accused of being involved in crimes such as kidnapping and murder

Terrance Cole, President Trump's nominee to lead the DEA, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Mexican drug cartels operate "hand in hand" with government officials in Mexico

Federal sources say the clandestine lab in La Palma belonged to Los Chapitos

The DEA and the State Department announced a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Alejandro "Diablo" Arias-Monge, Costa Rica's most wanted fugitive

Recent investigations by the Mexican military revealed that cybercriminals tied to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) have attempted to infiltrate the networks of security agencies

Drug cartels set up roadblocks and torched vehicles and businesses across 29 municipalities in the states of Michoacán, Jalisco and Guanajuato

State and federal authorities confirmed "El Cachorro" and his bodyguard extorted merchants and business owners in the area through protection rackets

Authorities in the Mexican state of Michoacán have opened an investigation after videos emerged showing residents of Huajúmbaro interacting with armed members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Matamoros Mayor Alberto Granados denied being detained at the border and having his visa revoked over alleged ties with the Gulf Cartel

"Belicones" and work for the "Maña" are some terms used by drug cartels to let users know they are recruiting operatives

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a song contest to counter narcocorridos, the genre glorifying cartels

Organized crime groups are mining or stealing gold in Latin America and using it to quietly fund operations around the world, including the U.S., experts warn.

The Justice Department has unsealed indictments against the co-leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican drug cartel designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Trump said that drug cartels have "made a fortune" for years, but said that activity has been "cut back a lot because of the border"

The LNMF cartel is allegedly responsible for more than 36 tons of meth, 12 tons of heroin, and 12 tons of cocaine entering the U.S. every year

Federal authorities in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur have arrested seven individuals linked to the Sinaloa cartel, including the alleged leader of the criminal cell

Members of Colectivo Amor por los Desaparecidos found multiple human remains, including a skull, a jawbone and several scattered bones across a property in the northern state of Tamaulipas

Luis R. Conriquez and his crew had to be escorted out of the venue for safety after enraged concertgoers trashed their music equipment on stage

Less than a week after suspected members of "Los Chapitos" faction of the Sinaloa Cartel stormed a rehabilitation center in Culiacán, killing nine people, five such centers in the city have closed due to fears of suffering similar attacks

A drug lord convicted in the 1985 killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena has been released after serving a 40-year sentence in Mexico

Recent attacks on the cartel's organizational structure include the death of "Chirimoya," a ringleader and close ally of "Chiquito Malo," the current leader of the Gulf Clan cartel