Six years ago on Nov. 4, I got a call I’ll never forget. My mother and nine of my siblings wereambushed by the Juárez Cartel and its armed wing La Línea. They were innocent victims of the brutal ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The U.S. has designed the Venezuela-based Cartel de los Soles as a ...

They arrived suddenly—five white vans, identical and unmarked, blocking the street. It was February 9, 2023, and Mauricio Morales was leading a group of migrants he had found at a bus station through ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday that the Cartel de los Soles, a powerful criminal network tied to Venezuela’s top leadership, will be labeled as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

FRANKLIN, N.H. — President Trump’s escalating war against Latin American drug cartels crashed into this leafy old mill town with surprising force one morning in late August, when heavily armed federal ...

Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the United States started talking about it as a literal organization. The ...

One of the world’s most powerful criminal syndicates is facing a government crackdown and internal war after the son of a drug lord betrayed his partner. By Paulina Villegas The Sinaloa Cartel is one ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mexican authorities said the cartel leader known as ‘El Mencho’ was killed after a gun battle with security forces ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mexican special forces killed ‘El Mencho,’ the world’s most-wanted cartel kingpin, after tracking his girlfriend’s ...

MEXICO CITY—For many drug-enforcement officials in North America, there was one cartel boss who was too big and too dangerous to ever try to take down—Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, the head of the ...

One of the world's most wanted drug traffickers — a Mexican cartel boss known as "El Mencho" — was killed by Mexican security forces. After his death, widespread violence erupted across Mexico.