Mexican drug cartels are making “mass quantities” of fake prescription pills containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl with the intention of selling them to users throughout North America
Cartel Crew shows the daily lives of people related to cartels and of the consequences that link has had on them
Authorities seized cocaine, marijuana, rocket launchers, and grenades
U.S. federal law enforcement officials uncovered an elaborate scheme to convert Mexican drug profits from sales in the United States back into Mexican pesos using Chinese citizens who seek to circumvent their country’s banking laws
Yesterday, the operation in Tepito set an example, which contrasts with the Culiacán operation
Drug mules are convinced to ingest from 30 to 35 cocaine packages, transport them to Cancún or Mexico City, and are paid from USD $500 to $1000 in exchange
Chihuahua is among Mexico’s most violent states
The Organized Crime Index Africa 2019 includes human and arms trafficking, human smuggling, and flora and fauna crimes in which Mexico is ranked over other 64 countries on civil war or with serious security threats
The U.S. has supported Hernández, a conservative, as a staunch ally in the fight against drug trafficking
Edgar Veytia, who was Nayarit's top law enforcement official, admitted to conspiring with a drug cartel operating in his home state to smuggle thousands of kilograms of narcotics from Mexico into the United States for distribution in the New York area