A group of families who lost loved ones to cartel violence is calling on the Trump administration to formally designate the Juarez Cartel and its armed wing, La Linea, as foreign terrorist organizations. The designation would place them alongside six other Mexican cartels already classified as FTOs, enabling enhanced U.S. action against the groups.
A Washington man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a large international drug smuggling ring with direct ties to Mexico and Colombia. Curtis McDaniel, 56, received his sentence Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle after his June 2024 arrest during a joint operation led by the DEA, Seattle Police, and IRS Criminal Investigation.
The Trump administration has sanctioned three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco, Intercam Banco, and Vector Casa de Bolsa—for laundering drug cartel money tied to fentanyl production.
The President of the Mexican Senate, Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña, suggested that the country attempt to take a portion of the United States amid the ongoing Los Angeles riots.
Mexico’s president and foreign ministry have intervened after immigration operations in Los Angeles led to the detention of Mexican nationals by ICE. The federal government is deploying its consular network to offer legal support and monitor conditions for those arrested amid protests.
The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers, alleging the companies aided in illegal gun sales to Mexican cartels.
Border security under President Donald Trump has seen a dramatic turnaround, with Border Patrol agents returning over 99 percent of illegal border crossers in May alone, according to reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas. The sharp contrast with Biden-era policies has reignited debate over immigration enforcement and national security.
A brutal cartel massacre has rocked the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, after five members of the regional band Fugitivo were abducted, murdered, and burned by cartel gunmen. The musicians, who were scheduled to perform at a private party Sunday morning, were never seen again. Their remains were later found in Reynosa, a city controlled by a faction of the Gulf Cartel—an organization designated by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist group.
The Trump administration has escalated its financial offensive against Mexican drug cartels, leveraging new terrorist designations and Treasury powers to dismantle their funding networks.
