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The American survivors of the deadly kidnapping by a Mexican cartel say their captors put guns to their heads and tried to force them to have sex
LaTavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams told CNN they are still reeling from the ambush in Mexic…
Natalie Musumeci
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Mexico's powerful Jalisco cartel is flexing its muscles at opposite ends of Latin America
According to cartel insiders and military sources, Mexico's Jalisco Cartel has its sights set on Si…
Luis Chaparro
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Mexico's war on cartels has created 400 new gangs that are taking on the police and cartels that are left
That proliferation has been a challenge and asset for major cartels, but it has overwhelmed Mexican…
Luis Chaparro
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Recent beachside attacks reveal a new cartel turf war in some of Mexico's most popular tourist destinations
Mexican officials said the recent spike in violence is a consequence of a "turf war" among local ga…
Luis Chaparro
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Trump reportedly suggested launching missiles into Mexico to 'destroy the drug labs,' former defense secretary Mark Esper says
Esper recounted that, after he objected to the proposal, Trump said "we could just shoot some Patri…
Lauren Frias
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How smaller doses of more powerful drugs allowed Mexican cartels to overwhelm Mexican police and flood the US
"If Mexican authorities seized more than 100 kilograms, it means criminals are producing at least s…
Luis Chaparro
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Marijuana legalization has stalled in Mexico, but farmers and cartels are still making big plans to profit off a new market
"People want a more powerful, better quality weed, and we are putting a lot of money into this indu…
Luis Chaparro
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Trump wanted to send US troops into Mexico to hunt down drug cartels and asked about it repeatedly: report
Trump's top national-security aides pushed back, arguing that it would look like an invasion of a c…
Ryan Pickrell
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The cocaine trade is booming, and smugglers have their eyes on a new market
According to a Sinaloa Cartel operator, a kilo of cocaine in Europe is worth double what it goes fo…
Luis Chaparro
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The Sinaloa Cartel's 'narco juniors' have big plans for marijuana, and they're borrowing ideas from California's dispensaries
"Look at the gringos, they are selling this same product in their beautiful stores. That's what we …
Luis Chaparro
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Mexico's cartels are finding new ways to get their hands on a new kind of gun
The flow of black-market weapons facilitates cartel turf wars and has driven killings in Mexico to …
Luis Chaparro
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The little-known story of how Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán tried to bring down friends and enemies from behind bars
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's little-known attempt at betrayal reflects a shameful fact of life withi…
Luis Chaparro
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A first-class passenger told crew he would detonate a bomb unless the plane was diverted, later claiming that he thought cartel enforcers were waiting for him, authorities say
The note handed to an Alaska Airlines flight attendant said "If this plane lands in Seattle, I will…
Sinéad Baker
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18 bullet-ridden bodies discovered after suspected gunfight between the Sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels in northern Mexico
A shootout between rival drug cartels is the latest episode of bloodletting in the Zacatecas region…
Joshua Zitser
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ALTBalaji's Cartel partners with 13 youth-centric brands to engage with its target audience
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To help fight COVID-19, Mexico is going to give away the mansions of 2 once-powerful drug kingpins
Mexico's latest "mega raffle" has 22 prizes valued at $12.5 million, including mansions that belong…
Luis Chaparro
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Saudi Arabia-led oil cartel OPEC+ just slashed its crude output – and that's stoked inflation fears. Here's what you need to know.
Crude oil futures jumped as much as 8% on the surprise announcement that OPEC+ members will cut the…
George Glover
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How US intelligence has helped cartels kill thousands in Mexico
"When you work with or in Mexico you have to be very careful with the information you are sharing,"…
Luis Chaparro
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Members of a 'super cartel' authorities said was responsible for trafficking a third of Europe's cocaine were arrested in Dubai
By the end of November, Europe said that some 49 suspects had been arrested globally and over 30 me…
Azmi Haroun
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Recent arrests reveal more about how cartel wives help run operations for Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel
"Authorities don't pay much attention to the wives" of cartel members, a Sinaloa Cartel operative t…