Alleged leader of drug cartel that kidnapped, killed Americans is captured

Authorties say José Alberto García Vilano is known by two nicknames -- "Cyclone 19" and "La Kena"

• Jan 19, 2024

Gunmen in Ecuador fire shots on live TV as country hit by attacks

President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency for 60 days Monday, allowing the authorities to suspend rights and mobilize the military in places like prisons.

• Jan 10, 2024

Bodies of 5 university students found stuffed in a car in Mexico

The car and the bodies of the victims were found on the outskirts of the city of Celaya, which has seen a spate of drug cartel violence in recent years.

• Dec 5, 2023

"Psychopath" security chief for sons of "El Chapo" arrested in Mexico

President Joe Biden thanked Mexico for the arrest of "El Nini" -- the hyper violent, alleged security chief for the "Chapitos" wing of the Sinaloa cartel.

• Nov 24, 2023

U.S. woman found safe nearly 8 months after being kidnapped in Mexico

Monica De Leon Barba was kidnapped last November while walking her dog in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.

• Jul 15, 2023

U.S. accuses Mexican cartel of targeting Americans in timeshare fraud

Cartel members apparently decided to branch out into scamming millions of dollars from people looking to sell their timeshares in Mexico.

• Apr 28, 2023

Mexico president slams U.S. "spying" after 28 cartel members charged

He called the Sinaloa investigation "abusive, arrogant interference that should not be accepted under any circumstances."

• Apr 18, 2023

DEA chief: Cartels are killing Americans with fentanyl at "catastrophic" rates

The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration said two Mexican cartels are behind the deadly influx of fentanyl in the U.S.

• Aug 19, 2022

11 killed as violence flares in Mexican border city of Juarez

Businesses were burned and a local radio presenter was among those killed, authorities and witnesses said.

• Aug 13, 2022