Oakland mezcal connoisseur offers tastings as spirit explodes in popularity
A drink long popular in Mexico, demand for mezcal has exploded around the world and the Bay Area is no exception.
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Hurricane John intensifies suddenly, slams into Mexican tourist hotspots
Hurricane John's rapid intensification forced Mexico's Pacific tourist hubs of Acapulco and Puerto Escondido to brace quickly for a Category 3 storm.
Trump threatens John Deere with tariff hike
Former President Donald Trump mentioned a new policy proposal that could cost an iconic American company big money, just as CBS polls show Vice President Kamala Harris making some gains on the economy in the neck-and-neck presidential race. With 43 days until Election Day, Caitlin Huey-Burns reports tonight from battleground Pennsylvania.
Chicago band playing Mexican folk music celebrates 30 years
Sones de Mexico Ensemble started out by playing a concert at an exhibit in Pilsen in 1994. The interest in the group was immediate.
Corpses found wearing sombreros as Mexico cartel violence rages
The uptick in violence comes after the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada in July.
What's fueling the fentanyl crisis is "not a whodunit," DEA leader says
Mexican cartels are flooding the U.S. with fentanyl and are to blame for tens of thousands of American deaths last year, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said. The U.S. is "losing a generation" to the drug.
Mexico president blames U.S. for surging cartel violence
Two warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel appear to be fighting for power since two of its leaders were arrested in the U.S.
Over 30 killed in Mexico after cartel leaders arrested in U.S.
The clashes follow the arrests on U.S. soil of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, as well as Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of El Chapo.
Ileana weakens to tropical depression as it heads toward Sinaloa, Mexico
Rain from Ileana, then a tropical storm, pounded the resort area of Los Cabos this weekend.
Alleged cartel boss linked to 43 missing students is arrested
The arrest of Gildardo Lopez Astudillo comes as relatives are preparing demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the mass disappearance.
Nordstrom family offers $3.76 billion buyout of century-old department store
Members of the Nordstrom family are teaming up with a Mexican retail group to take the eponymous retail chain private.
Ex-cartel leader dubbed "Friend Killer" released from U.S. prison
Former Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas Guillen once led Los Zetas, one of the country's most bloodthirsty gangs until its collapse.
Military attacked, roads blocked in Mexican cartel stronghold
There have been fears that wider violence might break out following recent detentions of top Sinaloa cartel leaders in the U.S.
Video shows 7.2 tons of cocaine seized in high-speed ocean chases
In one operation, Mexican authorities seized 5.6 tons of suspected cocaine, marking the largest drug seizure of the current administration.
7 community guards killed by cartel, 7 others kidnapped in Mexico
Seven guards were killed just days after seven members of a community police force were kidnapped, apparently by cartel gunmen.
2 U.S. residents killed in armed attack on Mexican highway
Two Arizona women, ages 72 and 82, were found dead in an overturned, bullet-ridden Nissan Pathfinder in the state of Sonora, Mexican officials said.
Mexico lagging on water commitments to U.S.
80 years ago, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty that would have the two countries trade large amounts of water for regions in need. But Mexico is falling behind on its side of the bargain. Texas state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon joined CBS News to explain this issue.
Mexico to charge cartel leader — for turning over drug lord to U.S.
The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the U.S. just got stranger.
Over 3 tons of meth found in fake watermelon, celery shipments
Border agents seized almost $6 million worth of methamphetamine from trucks carrying shipments of produce — real and fake — into California.
10 murders appear linked to arrests of drug cartel leaders in U.S.
The governor acknowledged that 10 killings were related to the dispute between warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel.
U.S. seeks to move "El Mayo" case to federal court in Brooklyn
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, known as a top leader and co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, faces charges in multiple U.S. locales.
Dramatic drop in migrant crossings
After soaring to record levels in the past three years, migrant crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have plummeted this summer. July saw the lowest level in illegal border crossings since September 2020. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez traveled to the Arizona border, as well as to Mexico, to better understand this dramatic change.
Mexico president spars with reporters, claims journalist is DEA agent
One reporter told Mexico's president that his supporters had harassed her and complained that his polarization of society has put journalists at risk.
Sinaloa cartel leader's case takes strange twist after U.S. arrest
Mexican prosecutors now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada over.
Sinaloa cartel leader says he was "kidnapped" and brought to the U.S.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada disputes the details of his July 25 arrest in a letter obtained by CBS News on Saturday.
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