The Trump administration has escalated its financial offensive against Mexican drug cartels, leveraging new terrorist designations and Treasury powers to dismantle their funding networks.
Federal authorities have charged Sinaloa Cartel leaders Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel, with narco-terrorism following the seizure of 1.65 tons of fentanyl.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum refused to address former President Donald J. Trump's claim that she is afraid of drug cartels, sidestepping the issue during a national press briefing. Trump had stated Sheinbaum was “so afraid of the cartels she can’t think straight,” following a phone call in which he offered to deploy U.S. troops to help dismantle cartel operations. Sheinbaum declined the offer and has since refrained from directly confronting Trump’s comments.
Mexican drug cartels are reportedly employing innovative methods to smuggle narcotics into the United States, including concealing drugs within cattle. Sources along the Texas...
The Trump administration has pledged a "ruthlessly aggressive" response following the death of an elderly South Texas rancher, reportedly killed by a cartel-placed explosive near the U.S.-Mexico border.
In recent weeks, the U.S. military has intensified its surveillance operations along the U.S.-Mexico border, conducting at least 18 missions over the southwestern United States and the Baja peninsula.
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued pardons to approximately 1,500 individuals charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. This move fulfills his campaign promise to release supporters involved in the incident.
Homeland Security and Border Patrol agents discovered a sophisticated smuggling tunnel connecting Mexico to El Paso, Texas. The tunnel, equipped with electricity and ventilation, was found during a routine inspection of a storm drain.
The discovery of 11 migrants locked inside the rear compartment of a U-Haul truck in New Mexico highlights the dangerous lengths smugglers will go to evade authorities and exploit illegal immigration.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” During a press conference Wednesday in Mexico City, Sheinbaum humorously suggested renaming the United States as “Mexican America.”
