Mexican cartel

At least 11 killed in raid on Mexican cartel, leader detained, weapons seized

Omar Oswaldo Torres, alias “El Patas,” a leader in Los Mayos, was detained during the operation, the navy said. Officials did not identify anyone killed in the operation.

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MEMBERS OF the National Guard guard the perimeter of the La Paz funeral home in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on March 1, 2026.
A member of the Mexican navy patrols Benito Juarez International Airport after Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," was killed in Jalisco state, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 22, 2026.

Mexican army kills 'El Melcho': How is Mexico's most violent cartel so powerful? - explainer

With high-caliber weapons and military-grade equipment, the CJNG is one of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels. But how did it gain so much power?

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Vehicles drive past a burning bus used as a roadblock by organized crime following a federal operation in which a government source said Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, commonly known as "El Mencho," was killed, in Zapopan, Mexico, February 22, 2026.

New US military-led group aided Mexico's hunt for 'El Mencho' cartel boss

The Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel, which involves multiple US government agencies, was quietly launched late last year with the goal of mapping out networks of drug cartel members.

|ByREUTERS, TOBIAS HOLCMAN, GOLDIE KATZ
National Guard members stand guard near a burnt bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22, 2026.

Powerful Mexican Jalisco cartel head 'El Mencho' killed during military operation

Initial unverified reports on social media showed that members of the cartel violently overtook an airport in Jalisco. 

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, CORINNE BAUM

As asylum camp swells at US-Mexico border, Biden aide calls for patience

The Trump administration's protocols, in place since 2019, have pushed more than 65,000 asylum seekers back into Mexico to wait for their US court hearings.

JANUARY 30, 2021ByREUTERS
A migrant from Guatemala talk to a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent at the Paso del Norte international border bridge to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 26, 2021.

Int'l groups offer Mexico help to probe suspected migrant massacre

Mexican and Guatemalan authorities have so far collected DNA samples from relatives of the suspected victims to determine whether the 19 bodies are those of a group of missing migrants.

JANUARY 30, 2021ByREUTERS
Guatemalan soldiers patrol to prevent a group of Honduran migrants who are trying to reach the U.S, from moving towards the Guatemala and Mexico border, as they sit outside the migrant shelter , in Tecun Uman, Guatemala October 3, 2020.

Mexican lawmakers take up sweeping cannabis legalization bill

Lawmakers are now rushing to try to meet a Dec. 15 deadline set by the Supreme Court for legalization aiming to remove the drug as a source of income for violent drug gangs.

NOVEMBER 14, 2020ByREUTERS
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Gunmen kill 24 people in attack on Mexican drug rehab center

Mexican news network Milenio said seven people were also injured in the shooting at the facility in Guanajuato state.

JULY 2, 2020ByREUTERS
A member of the National Guard stands guard at a military check point outside the town of Uruapan in Michoacan state, Mexico February 5, 2020.

Mexico's president orders military on streets to curb rising violence

Mexico's president has ordered the armed forces to tackle security on the streets for another four years.

MAY 12, 2020ByREUTERS
A member of the National Guard stands guard at a military check point outside the town of Uruapan in Michoacan state, Mexico February 5, 2020.

Sixteen inmates killed in fight in Mexican prison

Security will be boosted at prisons in the state after the incident in the Varonil prison, which broke out around 2:30 pm on Tuesday afternoon, the government said.

JANUARY 1, 2020ByREUTERS
A yellow police line cordon is seen during a tour at the recently closed Topo Chico prison in Monterrey

Killed American family may have been 'bait' in Mexican cartel fight

"We were deliberately targeted, used as bait to lure one cartel against another," said Lafe Langford, a cousin of some of the victims, who grew up in the same Mormon village.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019ByREUTERS
Yellow police tape lies on the road as federal agents work at a crime scene in the town in Mexico

Mexico: Gunmen kill U.S. Mormon family members in north Mexico

The victims belonged to the LeBaron family from a breakaway Mormon community that settled in the hills and plains of northern Mexico decades ago.

NOVEMBER 5, 2019ByREUTERS
Yellow police tape lies on the road as federal agents work at a crime scene in the town in Mexico

Murder of Mexican journalist marks third killing in one week

Jorge Ruiz Vazquez, a reporter at the Grafico de Xalapa newspaper in Veracruz's capital, died in spite of procedures in place to protect him, the state prosecutor's office said.

AUGUST 3, 2019ByREUTERS
A US border patrol agent looks over the Rio Grande river at the border between United States and Mexico, in Roma, Texas, US, May 11, 2017