The street vendor said the few tourists who still visit Culiacan no longer look for posters of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" ...

There are an estimated 15,000 children living on the streets of Mexico City. April 30, 2013— -- From the Day of the Dead to Revolution Day, Mexico is well known for its colorful celebrations ...

MEXICO CITY — Four decapitated bodies were found hanging from a bridge in the capital of western Mexico's Sinaloa state on Monday, part of a surge of cartel violence that killed 20 people in ...

As the Atlantic Council, an international affairs thinktank, observed in 2024: “in areas [of Mexico] controlled by drug cartels, violence against women intensifies”.

Living in Mexico City, Gadi Mokotov sees all sorts of demands for armored vehicles – from military trucks and secretive government vehicles to the Cadillacs of the capital’s high rollers and ...

MEXICO CITY — More than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006, a government official said Tuesday. Intelligence ...

According to a 2023 Justice Department indictment against a list of Mexican cartel members, $800 worth of precursor chemicals can be turned into millions of dollars in profit at the street level.

Violence tied to street drug sales Border Report / Jun 13, 2025 / 01:43 PM EDT Chihuahua Attorney General Cesar Jauregui talks about the recent spate of violence in Juarez, Mexico.

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys ...

Lions, elephants among the "narco pets," circus animals fleeing Mexico city eclipsed by cartel violence. May 20, 2025 / 7:02 PM EDT / CBS/AP Why Trump is pushing military help for Mexico .

Mexico's drug cartels are often described as powerful rivals to the state, with their influence measured in weapons, money and murdered officials. But this framing misses a fundamental truth.