Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Juan Carlos Valencia González, the California-born stepson of slain Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," has emerged as the apparent new head of the organization.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed the World Cup will go on as planned, adding that the organization has "total confidence in Mexico"

"Without structural efforts to combat corruption," added investigative journalist Antonio Nieto, "there will be no evident change for ordinary people"

While the broader Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) controlled vast revenue streams, U.S. authorities had previously estimated El Mencho's personal fortune at between $500 million and $1 billion.

A handwritten version of Psalm 91 was found inside the luxury cabin where Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was located and fatally wounded during a military operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco.

Juan Carlos Valencia González, the California-born stepson of slain Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho", has emerged as a leading contender to take control of the organization following his stepfather's killing.

Ballads associated with Mexico's narcoculture, popularly known as corridos, are signaling a potential leadership transition within the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) after the killing of leader "El Mencho" on Sunday.

With widespread violence and chaos following the death of cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes "El Mencho" on Sunday, U.S. citizens in Mexico are being urged to shelter in place.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said that "Mexico should feel very proud of our armed forces" adding that the government's priority is "to guarantee peace and security"

Senior analyst at the International Crisis Group David Mora told BBC Mundo that the killing of "El Mencho" can bring effects that go against President Sheinbaum's goal of pacifying Mexico

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Kovay Gardens, a beachfront resort in Mexico's Nayarit state, accusing it of operating as part of a fraud network directed by the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.

An internal federal memo based on FBI intelligence warns that leaders of a Mexican drug cartel have directed members to shoot at U.S. Border Patrol agents from across the border.

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.

Teuchitlán Mayor José Ascención Murguía Santiago was arrested following an investigation into a Jalisco cartel training camp, a federal source told AFP on Saturday.

The discovery of charred bones, shoes and clothing this month by a group searching for missing relatives at the Izaguirre Ranch caused shock in a country where more than 120,000 people have disappeared.

Drug cartels vying for control over key trafficking routes have contributed to an uptick in violent crime in Mexico's poorest state.

The U.S. designated "Don T" and his organization as "specially designated narcotics traffickers" back in 2017, the same year he was captured

According to data from Mexico's Federal Security Cabinet, almost 700 killings have taken place in Chiapas so far this year

There have been seven shootings in Tijuana involving both cartels in recent weeks

Over the past two years, the Treasury Department has sanctioned more than 350 targets for involvement in drug trafficking activities

Ten dismembered bodies were found by authorities underneath the floor of a dance hall in Mexico after they arrested nine people who are believed to be the members of a criminal cartel.

The members of Mexico's drug cartel beheaded a young male captive in an ISIS-style execution video.

As public indignation grows over the death of two priests under the hands of the Mexican cartel, the leader of one of these cartels released a video on social media on Friday calling for innocents to be spared in the drug war.

Six bodies were found hanging at a bridge in Zacatecas, believed to be linked to cartel clashes.

Top drug cartel leader, Carlos Enrique Sánchez, was abducted and killed amid allegations he was working with cops.