Omar García Harfuch

In an interview, Omar García Harfuch said that none of the family members were wanted by Mexican authorities

Four guards have been arrested for alleged involvement in the breakout of Saúl Francisco Hernández, leader of Los Salazar, an armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel faction in Sonora

El Mencho ordered trailers to be set alight and highways blocked in Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. Two police officers were killed, but no arrests were made: ‘We’ve never seen blockades of this scale’

A study by the Colegio de México reveals that the CJNG is the most active in using social media to recruit adolescents

The Teuchitlán case sheds light on a phenomenon that had remained out of the spotlight: the recruitment of young people by cartels through fake job offers or directly through social media

In just 10 days, the navy, supported by other institutions, has seized thousands of kilos of drugs and millions of liters of gasoline from criminal organizations

The internal war that has weakened the Sinaloa Cartel has only strengthened its main rivals, but the pressure from the United States to capture its leader, along with the discovery of the Teuchitlán ranch, has refocused attention on the brutal organization

The anti-crime measures implemented by the new president undermine the continuity with Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s six-year term, which was defined by a policy of ‘hugs, not bullets’

The delivery of Rafael Caro Quintero, the leaders of Loz Zetas and other organized crime kingpins marks a watershed in security policy

Mexican and U.S. authorities are struggling to explain the legal basis that allowed them to overcome the court logjam that for years prevented the drug lords from being handed over

In the last four years, authorities have seized 5.4 tons of fentanyl, almost 50% in territory controlled by the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, from where it is trafficked to the US through Tucson and San Diego

In addition to its crackdown on drug trafficking, the Mexican government is prioritizing greater control over Chinese investments and higher tariffs on microchips and semiconductors from that country

The battle between cartel factions has been going on for five months, with hundreds dead and missing. Los Chapitos have suffered more from the onslaught of the authorities, who have focused their actions on the capital, Culiacán

The possibility that the United States could assume powers that violate the sovereignty of its southern neighbor forebodes a period of extraordinary tension in the bilateral relationship

The music promoter, linked to artists such as Gerardo Ortiz and Julión Álvarez, was gunned down in one of the most luxurious areas of Mexico City. The US had pursued him for years for alleged links to drug trafficking

Heavily armed men claim control over Milpa Alta, a rural area on the capital’s southern fringe