Federal agents working the border are also advised to “carry proper equipment” at all times, including first-aid kids, tourniquets and body armor. The memo also notes that rifles ...

We can’t just continue to arrest them in America, create indictments, do extraditions, because that’s not good enough,” said ...

Donald Trump formally designated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations, a move intended to grant US law ...

The Mexican drug cartels may have thrown down the gauntlet and have threatened to attack and kill our Border Patrol agents.

Washington increases pressure on its neighbors with a decree that tightens the noose on organized crime but poses risks to ...

Gangs in Mexico have reportedly turned parts of the country into a battlefield as they are said to be using landmines in their drug war. Footage emerging on social media shows the horrors caused ...

The crises spread beyond Mexico. The fentanyl trafficked into our country by the Mexican drug cartels and their Chinese partners kills around 80,000 Americans per year. That’s the equivalent of ...

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The Mexican Drug War, launched in December 2006 by then-President Felipe Calderon, is approaching its eight-year mark. The mass kidnapping came at the same time as a couple of high-profile busts.