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Clash between criminal gang and villagers leaves 14 dead in central Mexico
Video of fight shows villagers with sickles and rifles chasing down suspected gang members amid gunfire A clash between gunmen from a criminal gang and...
Biden hails arrest in Mexico of notorious Sinaloa cartel enforcer ‘El Nini’
Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas provided protection for sons of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and allegedly fed rivals to pet Bengal tigers The US president, Joe...
On mute: Tijuana passes law banning ballads praising Mexican drug trade
Politicians have long sought to silence the genre, but previous clampdowns have only boosted its popularity A typical song by Peso Pluma, one of Mexico’s...
Mexico: body of missing journalist found in Nayarit state
La Jornada said the body of Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez was found on the outskirts of Tepic, capital of the coastal state A journalist from...
Hipólito Mora, vigilante crusader against Mexico’s drug cartels, killed in ambush
One of the leaders of the violence-scarred country’s ‘self-defense’ movement was cut down in rural Michoacán One of the founders of Mexico’s “self-defense” movement, the...
Peruvian police seize 58kg of cocaine bearing pictures of Nazi flag
Drugs found in shipment said to be destined for Belgium also had the name Hitler printed on them Peruvian anti-drug police have seized 58 one-kilo...
US senator denounced as ‘profoundly ignorant man’ over remarks on Mexico
John Kennedy’s comments about Mexicans ‘eating cat food’ came as he urged the US military to enter country to ‘stop the cartels’ Mexicans “would be...
US charges 28 members of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel including El Chapo’s sons
Charges filed against cartel leaders, alleged chemical suppliers, lab managers, traffickers and others in fentanyl investigation The US justice department has charged 28 members of...
Mexican president bemoans ‘rude’ US fentanyl pressure in plea to Xi Jinping
Andrés Manuel López Obrador asks China to curb exports of opioid after lengthy denunciation of similar calls from US Mexico’s president has written to his...
