Cartel

The Mexican soccer star and Regional Mexican singer have been linked to money laundering and the U.S. government is sanctioning both.

The drug cartel leader was once aligned to Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán that was behind the Beltran Leyva Organization.

We spoke to director Matthew Heineman, who immersed himself in the vigilante groups that fight drug cartels in Mexico and the U.S. and gave us a compelling look of the realities of the drug war terror with his documentary "Cartel Land."

A U.S. military veteran with dual citizenship is charged with drug trafficking and suspected of murder in Brazil

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In a new book "Pablo Escobar: Mi Padre" the kingpin's son reveals that his father encouraged him to find a righteous path in life and revealed that his father was not killed but instead committed suicide.

49-year-old José Díaz Barajas had arrived in Brazil with his wife and two adult sons to watch the World Cup match.

The Knights Templars once reaped huge benefits from illegal iron ore sales to Chinese companies.

Melissa Plancarte, known as "Barbie Grupera," has opened up about the death of her father, Mexican drug lord Enrique "Kike" Plancarte Solís.

Mexican officials confirmed that Enrique “Kike” Plancarte Solís was killed in a shootout with Navy and Army members in Querétaro state.

Jenni Rivera is being accused of laundering money for The Knights Templar drug cartel and her close friendship with the kids of "La Tuta" one of the leaders of said cartel.

Two human heads were placed in front of a bank apparently by the drug cartel that controls a key state in Mexico, with a sign reading “for all those who switched sides.”

Singer Melissa's background was revealed. She's the daughter of the Knights Templar Cartel leader Enrique Plancarte. Now she stated she hasn't seen her father since she was 15.

Julio Camejo had no idea that Melissa's father is the leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel when he was featured in her music video "Desde que te fuiste."

Singer Melissa, "La Princesa de la Banda" has been making headlines after allegations by a militia group claimed she is the daughter of Knight Templar Cartel leader. She released a statement that might just confirm it. Read it here.

Caro Quintero, 61, was released from prison after seeing his 40-year conviction for the kidnapping, torture and murder of a DEA agent overturned by a state court in Mexico this August.

The Beltrán Leyva cartel is believed to have been weakened in recent years. Police say bodies found in at least one of the graves could be those of victims murdered years ago.

'El Ponchis', AKA Edgar Jimenez Lugo, has been released from a juvenile detention center in Mexico and is being taken back to the United States where he was born.

The head of the Mexican House of Representatives, Silvano Aureoles, is launching an investigation into accusations from Senator Luisa Maria Calderon that members of the Michoacan Senate met with members of the Knights Templar cartel.

An official in Honduras' department of defense admitted on Wednesday that El Chapo Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, could be living in Honduras, in the first official nod toward the possibility, which has long been whispered about.

A Mexican drug cartel blew up nine electrical power plants in the Mexican state of Michoacan. The explosions created state-wide blackouts that allowed gunmen to torch gasoline stations.

Lilian de la Concha, ex-wife of Mexican ex-president Vicente Fox, is being accused of partnering up with a former boyfriend and engaging in illicit activities such as money laundering.

Death by clowns: Former cartel leader Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix killed to death by a gunman dressed as a clown.

Manolo Cardona sat down with Latin Times and he revealed how he feels about "The Snitch Cartel" being re-released to international audiences and what he admires about his character, Martín. Also, don't miss his upcoming TV appearances. To know where you'll see him next, keep reading!

The First Capital Command in Sao Paulo has threatened those planning on attending the World Cup games in 2014 with a "World Cup Of Terror."

The hugely popular series is hitting the big screen in the United States in late October. Andrés López López, who wrote the screenplay and the autobiographical novel it's based on, says it ought to appeal even to those who haven't caught the series.

Drug cartel member Mario Nunez has been arrested in connection with 350 murders in Durango state, Mexico.

Mario Armando Ramírez Treviño, the leader of the feared Gulf cartel, became the second drug kingpin to be arrested by Mexican authorities in less than a month on Sunday, when he was detained in Tamaulipas state, near the Texas border. The Mexican government had previously said it would change tack on its drug war strategy, targeting fewer kingpins so as not to unleash bloody power struggles in their wake.

Murillo Karam says he's aggrieved by the case and adds that he didn't understand how the cartel leader was freed.

Two young men arrested for murder speak on what it was like to be teen assassins.