A Mexican security consultant who recently did contract work for the U.S. State Department has been shot and killed in what appears to have been a cartel ambush at a restaurant in Guadalajara. The brazen killing took place Friday after 9 p.m. as the man, César Guzman, was dining with two fellow instructors with whom he had […]
Influencer shot dead during livestream voiced fear minutes before murder:
The social media influencer who was shot dead during a livestream on TikTok in the Mexican state of Jalisco appeared to be murdered by a hit man and expressed fear before being killed, prosecutors said on Thursday. The grisly murder of 23-year-old Valeria Márquez on Tuesday shocked the Latin American nation, igniting rumors about the […]
Retired judge arrested in connection with disappearance and presumed murders of 43 students in Mexico
Mexican authorities on Wednesday arrested a former senior judge in connection with the disappearance and presumed murders of 43 students a decade ago. Lambertina Galeana, who faces charges of forced disappearance, is accused of helping to conceal videos that allegedly showed the incident unfolding, a government statement said. Security camera videos allegedly captured the moment […]
17 family members of notorious cartel leader enter U.S. in deal with Trump administration, Mexico says
Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed a report by independent journalist Luis Chaparro that family members […]
Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department for allegedly running one of the world’s largest fentanyl networks
A father-son duo and other Sinaloa cartel leaders were charged Tuesday with allegedly trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel ran one of the largest and most sophisticated fentanyl production […]
Mayoral candidate, 3 of her supporters shot dead during campaign rally in Mexico
A mayoral candidate and three of her supporters were shot dead on Sunday at a campaign event in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the state governor said, marking the latest politician to be targeted by violence in the country. Yesenia Lara, the candidate of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party for mayor of Texistepec, was […]
Infamous Nazi war criminal helped set up top drug cartel and worked with Pablo Escobar, report says
Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was deeply involved in setting up one of South America’s most important drug cartels, according to a report Friday by German news weekly Der Spiegel. Dubbed the “Butcher of Lyon” for his wartime torture of prisoners, the former Gestapo chief in the occupied French city fled to South America after […]