Security chief Omar García Harfuch confirms the pact under which El Mencho provided ‘funding and personnel resources’ to the Guzmán faction. The DEA, videos, and even Google Maps had pointed to the agreement
On the day of the opening game and this Tuesday, the country recorded two of the days with the fewest intentional homicides in the past decade, a trend that has become established over the past year
Four days from the tournament’s start, the three host countries are stepping up preparations while facing unprecedented security, transport, immigration, and logistics challenges
For over 10 years, Los Ardillos, a criminal group entrenched in municipal power in central Guerrero, have been fighting to expand their territory
The Security Cabinet says the on-leave governor is in Sinaloa despite the fact that no one has seen him in 19 days
Reports about the agency’s possible involvement in the murder of a mid-level Sinaloa Cartel operative deepen the binational security crisis
The investigation reinforces evidence of covert operations conducted directly on Mexican soil by US agencies, as part of Trump’s crusade against the cartels
The good feeling that existed between the Mexican security cabinet and US law enforcement agencies has soured due to the clashes of recent weeks
The capture of Audias Flores took place with no exchange of gunfire and with intelligence from US agencies, according to the official account
The appointment of Roberto Velasco, a young official specializing in relations with the US, as the new Secretary of Foreign Affairs represents a commitment to generational change for a department with multiple open fronts
The Attorney General Office’s failure to secure the site where the cartel kingpin was killed, the gaps in the narrative about the subsequent violence that left dozens dead, and the doubts about the future of the CJNG paint a picture of the current criminal landscape in Mexico
Beyond acronyms and groups, and the unequal territorial control they exert, the death of El Mencho demonstrates the intensification of operations against crime in the country, under the watchful eye of the United States
Samuel Ramírez Jr. had been on the run for almost three years for his alleged involvement in the murder of two women in late May 2023
The criminal group has never hesitated to attack politicians and ambush law enforcement officers
Nemesio Oseguera was in hiding in the mountains of Jalisco with a dozen bodyguards. It was a visit from one of his “sentimental partners” that allowed authorities to locate and kill him in an operation by Mexican Army special forces
The fall of El Mencho marks the end of a policy of non-aggression that was in practice an abdication of state authority
The Secretary of Security stated all affected areas have been cleared and order has been restored after the military operation that killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The death of El Mencho raises questions about who will succeed him at the head of the powerful criminal organization, whose operations range from drug trafficking to extortion and money laundering
The operation against the country’s most‑wanted drug trafficker is the biggest achievement to date in the fight against organized crime by the Security Cabinet led by Omar García Harfuch
The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel had spent decades evading justice. He was brought down in an operation in the mountains of Jalisco that has sparked a violent reaction in various states across the country
Harfuch points to a criminal misunderstanding as the cause of the workers’ abduction. The bodies of at least five have been found in a mass grave, with another five yet to be identified
Prisons persist as centers of criminal command and call centers for organized crime groups, a weak point that justifies the extradition of high-profile detainees in collaboration with Washington
The attack against two lawmakers and the mass kidnapping of miners are further proof that violence continues unabated in the Mexican state
The former Canadian athlete, accused of drug trafficking and murder north of the Rio Grande, has surrendered to US authorities
The latest batch of prisoners includes organized crime heavyweights and a handful of names that transcend the six organizations included on the State Department’s blacklist
Despite Washington’s criticism of the ‘gradual approach,’ Claudia Sheinbaum’s security strategy, focused on drug seizures, the destruction of laboratories, and direct attacks on cartels, has yielded results
Mexico’s secretary of public security, Omar García Harfuch, reported the capture of seven of his hitmen along with weapons and vehicles in the city of Badiraguato