Cartel

A Sinaloa Cartel member told CNN that President Trump’s border crackdown has made criminal activity harder.

The U.S. National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) has exposed a horrifying operation in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, where a faction of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) allegedly murdered pregnant women to harvest organs and sell their babies to U.S. couples. The revelation underscores the growing brutality of Mexico’s cartel-terror networks and their diversification into human trafficking.

Two states in Mexico, Sinaloa and Michoacán, have scaled back or cancelled Independence Day festivities due to escalating cartel violence. In Sinaloa, authorities restricted events to a daytime civic ceremony, eliminating concerts, fireworks, and public gatherings. In Michoacán, multiple municipalities called off their celebrations entirely, citing threats and recent attacks as the reason.

The DEA arrested 617 suspected Sinaloa Cartel members in 23 states, seizing fentanyl, meth, cocaine, guns, and millions in cash.

U.S. officials have ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of President Donald Trump’s expanded effort to dismantle drug cartels operating in the Caribbean.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is intensifying efforts to crack down on global cartel financing, revealing that Chinese money laundering networks are working directly with Mexican drug cartels to move billions of dollars. The findings highlight a growing alliance between two of America’s most dangerous adversaries—China and the cartels fueling the fentanyl epidemic.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has arrested 171 individuals in New England with ties to the violent Sinaloa Cartel during a recent nationwide crackdown, seizing over 500 pounds of drugs and more than $1.3 million in cartel-connected cash. Officials say the operation dealt a significant blow to one of the most dangerous criminal networks operating on U.S. soil.

The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers near Venezuela amid threats posed by drug cartels.

Mexico transferred 26 alleged cartel members to the United States under an agreement that spared the members from the death penalty.

As the Trump administration pressures Mexico to crack down on drug cartels or face severe trade tariffs, a major scandal has erupted linking high-ranking political figures to one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations. Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Hernán “Comandante H” Bermúdez Requena, the former Public Security Secretary for the state of Tabasco, who is now accused of leading "La Barredora," an armed wing of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG)—a group recently labeled by the U.S. as a foreign terrorist organization.