Cartels block roads near U.S. border as gunmen force kids off school bus

Gunmen carjacked vehicles and left them parked across roadways around the city. The military deployed about 700 troops and two helicopters to quell the violence.

• May 3, 2023

Extra troops to be deployed to southern border

The Biden administration will deploy an additional 1,500 active-duty National Guard soldiers to the southern border to provide operational support to U.S. immigration authorities with officials expecting a sharp increase in migrant crossings ahead of the termination of pandemic-era migration policy Title 42. Roughly 2,500 National Guard troops are already at the border to support Customs and Border Protection. Weijia Jiang has more details from the White House.

• May 2, 2023
• 5:41

U.S. citizen tried to export 5,680 rounds of ammunition into Mexico

Jesus Alberto Olivarez, a U.S. citizen, was on his way to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico when authorities found a total of 5,680 live rounds of pistol ammunition hidden in Olivarez's PT cruiser.

• May 2, 2023

Manhunt intensifies for shooting suspect

Police have intensified their search for a man accused of murdering five of his neighbors in Cleveland, Texas. Officials say Francisco Oropesa is a Mexican national who entered the U.S. illegally. Immigration officials had deported him multiple times over the past couple years. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has more.

• May 2, 2023
• 2:56

Ford cuts prices for Mach-E as Tesla raises them on two models

Automakers are jockeying for market share as more Americans express interest in buying an electric car.

• May 2, 2023

Drug cartel lieutenant nicknamed "The Goat" arrested near Texas border

Local media reported that a woman identified in 2021 as his wife had been arrested in Texas after police found over $800,000 hidden in shoeboxes and backpacks in her home.

• May 2, 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

U.S. takes new steps to reduce migrant arrivals with Title 42 set to end

The U.S. will set up migrant processing centers in Latin America, increase deportations and expand legal migration pathways to reduce the number of unlawful border crossings.

• Apr 27, 2023

8 bodies found dumped in Cancun amid search for missing people

The bodies were found as police looked in wooded lots and even sinkhole ponds known as cenotes.

• Apr 26, 2023

Military officer and 6 suspected gunmen killed in Mexico shootout

Local media reported the attackers were members of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of the most powerful and violent gangs in Mexico.

• Apr 25, 2023

Mexico finds tons of liquid meth in tequila bottles at port

The Mexican Navy says they have found 11,520 tequila bottles bound for export that actually contained concentrated liquid meth.

• Apr 24, 2023

Mexico seizes 10 tigers, 5 lions in cartel-dominated area

The seizure came a week after U.S. prosecutors revealed grisly details about how some drug lords use tigers.

• Apr 22, 2023

Man shot to death at a Starbucks in Mexico City

It was the second killing this month at a Starbucks outlet in Mexico.

• Apr 21, 2023

"El Chapo" sons fed rivals to tigers, used corkscrews and chiles for torture, DOJ says

The indictment details the brutal methods of torture and executions used by the cartel to extend power and intimidate enemies.

• Apr 20, 2023

Search suspended for 3 U.S. sailors missing off Mexican coast

The three were last heard from on April 4 near Mazatlán. They were en route to San Diego.

• Apr 19, 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

Search continues for 3 missing American sailors

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Mexican Navy are searching for three American sailors who haven't been seen or heard from in nearly two weeks. Elise Preston spoke with the mother of one of the sailors, who still holds out hope they'll be found.

• Apr 17, 2023
• 1:33

U.S. border officials records 25% jump in migrant crossings in March

U.S. officials are preparing for up to 13,000 migrants to cross the southern border daily once pandemic-era limits on asylum claims expire in May, absent a major policy change.

• Apr 17, 2023

Loved ones hold out hope for 3 missing American sailors

Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien and William Gross haven't been seen or heard from since April 4, when they set sail from Mazatlán, Mexico.

• Apr 17, 2023

Nature: Billfish in Mexico

We leave you this Sunday morning swimming with billfish in waters off Quintana Roo in Mexico. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.

• Apr 16, 2023
• 2:43

Gunmen kill 7 in Mexico resort, local officials say

Officials in the Cortazar municipality in Guanajuato state said that gunmen invaded the resort and opened fire.

• Apr 15, 2023

3 American sailors missing off coast of Mexico

They were last heard from on April 4 near Mazatlán, Mexico, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Apr 15, 2023

U.S. sanctions Chinese suppliers of chemicals for fentanyl production

The DEA has been calling on the Chinese government to crack down on supply chain networks producing precursor chemicals.

• Apr 14, 2023

Mexico kidnapping survivor says he was hidden by dead bodies of 2 friends

At one point, the two survivors said the cartel tried to make them have sex.

• Apr 14, 2023

Shanquella Robinson's mother responds to DOJ

Federal prosecutors say there is not enough evidence to pursue charges related to the death of American Shanquella Robinson, who died in Mexico last year. Shanquella's mother, Salamondra, and the family's attorney, Sue-Ann Robinson -- no relation -- joined with their response.

• Apr 13, 2023
• 3:04

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