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10 Miners from Canada Were Abducted in Mexico, Possibly by Cartel Members, Says Official
NEED TO KNOW Ten miners who work for a Canadian-based company in Mexico were kidnapped on Jan. 24, officials said A legal representative…
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Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming drug cartel boss to plead not guilty, lawyer says
Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of a billion-dollar drug trafficking organization, is…
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An alleged drug cartel and a murdered witness: South Africa's police corruption probe
South Africans have long suspected corruption and political interference were at work in the police force but in the past few months…
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Sheinbaum cites Mexican-American War as she rejects Trump's cartel strike threats
MEXICO CITY — It may be “OK” with President Trump, but Mexico rejects any U.S. strikes against cartels in its territory. That was the…
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Slaying of Mexican mayor sparks national outcry over cartel power
MEXICO CITY — Carlos Manzo blazed a maverick path as he battled both cartels and what he called skimpy federal support for his crusade…
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Reputed Mexican Mafia figure accused of brokering drug cartel alliance strikes plea deal
To hear prosecutors tell it, Jose Landa-Rodriguez was public enemy No. 1. A reputed Mexican Mafia member called “Fox,” Landa-Rodriguez was…
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U.S., Mexico pledge deeper ties as Trump defends strike on alleged cartel boat
MEXICO CITY — U.S. and Mexican officials agreed Wednesday to bolster cooperation on joint security concerns, including drug smuggling,…
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Cartel boss 'El Mayo' pleads guilty. Will he spill secrets about corruption in Mexico?
BROOKLYN — For more than four decades, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada ruled from the shadows. While other top Mexican drug traffickers were…
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U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against trio of accused Mexican cartel kingpins
Federal authorities in the United States revealed Tuesday that they will not seek the death penalty against three reputed Mexican drug…
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ICE seeks to deport Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr., alleges links to Sinaloa cartel
United States immigration agents have detained prominent Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. and are working to deport him, with…
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A dangerous new element in Mexico's cartel wars: Colombian mercenaries
MEXICO CITY — Dangerous new hired guns have arrived on the battlefield of Mexico’s cartel wars: Colombian mercenaries. Former combatants…
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5 missing band members found slain in Mexican border town; authorities blame Gulf cartel
MEXICO CITY — Among their last social media posts were photos of the five band members posing at the international bridge leading across…
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So what really happened at the cartel training site dubbed 'Mexican Auschwitz'?
MEXICO CITY — It has become a kind of rallying cry: Teuchitlán, the township in the western state of Jalisco where searchers made a…
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17 members of a cartel kingpin's family were escorted into California from Mexico. Why?
MEXICO CITY — Key pillars of the Trump administration’s policy toward Mexico involve large-scale deportations and a crackdown on cartels.…
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Mexico's top lawman: Ranch in Jalisco was a cartel training site, not a crematorium
MEXICO CITY — The discovery in March of a “death ranch” in western Jalisco state sparked a national outcry: Some labeled it “Mexico’s…
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Mexico warns against potential U.S. drone strikes on cartels
MEXICO CITY — Amid reports that the Trump administration is considering drone strikes against cartels, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum…
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What's it like to defend a Mexican cartel boss? Reputed drug lords seek lawyers in U.S.
On a single day late last month, the Mexican government shipped 29 accused drug lords north across the border to face U.S. justice.…
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Mexico's attorney general cites irregularities in investigation of alleged cartel killing site
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's attorney general on Wednesday reported irregularities in an investigation by state authorities into an alleged…
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Mexican cartel mystery: Abandoned shoes, cryptic writings, charred bones
MEXICO CITY — Even in Mexico, where stories of massacres, kidnappings and clandestine graves provide daily news fodder, the recent…
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Drone flights and terrorist labels could signal coming U.S. strikes on Mexican cartels
WASHINGTON — In recent days, the Trump administration has ramped up CIA surveillance drone flights over Mexico, formally designated drug…
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Mexico's president reacts to Trump moves on immigration, border and cartels. 'It's nothing new'
MEXICO CITY — Mexico will not object to President Trump’s plan to force asylum seekers detained at the southwest border to wait in Mexico…
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Bitter feud among Sinaloa cartel families brings grim new tactic: Grave desecration
The charred husk of an artificial Christmas tree smoldered in the aftermath of the fire, ashes coating the tiled floor as flames still…
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What's in a name? Gulf of America? Mexican America?
MEXICO CITY — At her daily news conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday displayed a colonial-era map of North America…
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Blast kills 2 Mexican soldiers and wounds 5 others in suspected booby trap by drug cartel
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others,…