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The music executive who built the careers of some of the most successful names in regional Mexican music, including Gerardo Ortiz and Eslabón Armado, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiring to conduct financial transactions with a drug trafficker designated by the United States government. Angel del Villar is the founder of Del Records.

U.S. authorities targeted the group known as Cárteles Unidos, or United Cartels, with economic sanctions and have charged five high-ranking members of the organization.

The FBI says the Jalisco cartel began operating in the timeshare industry in 2012, running call centers in Mexico where employees impersonated U.S. brokers, attorneys and sales representatives to defraud property owners.

During operations, drone operators were ordered to strike rival groups, targeting vehicles and camps. In some cases, the former hitman said the drones were also used against Mexican authorities.

Aguascalientes experienced a series of violent disturbances over the past days, including roadblocks and the burning of vehicles and stores, after authorities arrested 18 suspected members of the Jalisco Cartel

Mercury smuggling by Mexican cartels is contaminating rivers and threatening Indigenous communities all over Latin America, a new report warns

Criminal organizations in Mexico have increasingly taken control of hospital emergency rooms, forcing medical personnel at gunpoint to treat their wounded gunmen.

Indira Navarro, leader of Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco, said the site in Las Agujas, Zapopan, is on track to become one of the graves with the highest number of bodies found in the state.

Ten men were found guilty of their involvement in crimes committed at the Izaguirre Ranch, an extermination camp ran by the Jalisco Cartel in Mexico

An investigation has revealed that the financial structure behind the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been widely identified by U.S. and Mexican authorities, yet it remains largely unprosecuted.

Eric Daniel Zamora Delgadillo, a business associate of "Canelo" Álvarez, allegedly laundered money for the Jalisco Cartel and used the boxer's convenience stores, Upper by Canelo Energy, in a fuel theft and illegal sales scheme.

Two high-ranking active members of Mexico's Navy are reportedly collaborating with criminal organizations and are allegedly on the payroll of both the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and Los Chapitos.

The refinery fits a pattern long associated with fuel theft and money laundering by criminal groups in Mexico, especially the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Before her death, Mendoza was under investigation by Mexico's Attorney General's Office for alleged ties to organized crime, more concretely with the Tepalcatepec Cartel led by Juan José Farías Álvarez, alias "El Abuelo"

Earlier this year, Mexican media reported that cartels had launched a coordinated effort to recruit former and active Colombian soldiers for their expertise in explosives and landmines.

Several other individuals are set to be prosecuted as "narco-terrorists," including former Colombian guerrilla fighters and two U.S. citizens.

A group of armed men killed two people on June 6 in the municipality of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, including the town mayor

Qn both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border have intensified their focus on Hugo Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytán, known as "El Sapo" or "El 90." This is his story.

A new audio allegedly reveals that Valeria Marquez, the influencer killed while livestreaming in Mexico, suffered mental abuse from her ex boyfriend.

Guatemalan authorities say the Sinaloa Cartel, with support from local gangs, controls most of the clandestine drug laboratories in the country that produce synthetic drugs

Mexican armed forces have arrested 17 suspected cartel members allegedly linked to the deaths of six soldiers killed by a landmine explosion in the state of Michoacán

Authorities believe cartels like Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and Los Viagras exploit materials stolen from the mining industry to be used in landmines and drone attacks

According to the U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs, an estimated 30,000 children are involved in criminal groups in Mexico

A Utah family has been arrested and indicted on federal charges in connection with a scheme to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars in crude oil from Mexico into the United States

Members of the Mexican Navy and other federal agencies clashed with alleged members of a criminal cell linked to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), resulting in 12 deaths and nine arrests.

A man known as "El Doble R" or "El Tripa" is believed to be the prime suspect in the killing of Valeria Márquez, a 23-year-old beauty influencer who was shot and killed May 13 while livestreaming on TikTok

Roughly 850 federal judges, along with the entire Supreme Court, will be elected by voters on June 1

María del Carmen Morales and her son, Jaime Ramírez, were shot and killed in a residential area near Guadalajara last month

A former Mexican federal police agent who survived a helicopter crash in 2015 was killed this week by the same cartel that downed the aircraft.

Members of the volunteer group that first alerted authorities of a ranch used by the Jalisco cartel to train recruits are clashing with the Mexican attorney general