Tag: Drug cartels
Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attack
IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) - The killing of 26 people in an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico is the deadliest such attack in...
Brazen ambush of Mexico police chief leaves few options
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The dramatic assassination attempt on Mexico City’s police chief was just the latest and clearest sign that Mexico’s powerful criminal...
Gunmen wound Mexico City police chief; 3 dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A high-sided construction truck and a white SUV pulled into the path of Mexico City's police chief just as dawn...
Gunmen injure Mexico City police chief; 3 dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A high-sided construction truck and a white SUV pulled into the path of Mexico City's police chief just as dawn...
Watchdog: DEA lacks oversight of money laundering operations
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration failed to effectively oversee and manage undercover money laundering operations that move tens of millions of...
Officials blame differing groups of ‘outsiders’ for violence
WASHINGTON (AP) - As protests over the death of George Floyd grow in cities across the U.S., government officials have been warning of the...
Mexico can’t stop drug cartels from handing out virus aid
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico’s president acknowledged Monday that drug cartels have been handing out aid packages during the coronavirus pandemic, and called on...
‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade
NEW YORK (AP) - Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders and severing supply chains in...
Get out of jail? Inmates fearful of virus argue for release
NEW YORK (AP) - Coronavirus has become a “get out of jail" card for hundreds of low-level inmates across the country, and even hard-timers...
Get out of jail? Inmates fearful of virus argue for release
NEW YORK (AP) - Coronavirus has become a “get out of jail" card for hundreds of low-level inmates across the country, and even hard-timers...