Mexico Cartels

Mexico Front-Runner: Central Theme Is 'Diminishing Violence'

AP | By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2012

MEXICO CITY -- Shortly after sunrise last month in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, police found 14 butchered bodies in a van outside city hall, a sal...

Drug Cartel Launches Brutal Attack Near U.S. Border

AP | Posted 05.25.2012

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico -- Suspected drug cartel gunmen opened fire on a hotel being used as a police barracks then attacked it with a car bomb Thursd...

Mexico Investigates Video That Calls To Exterminate Cartel

AP | By MARK STEVENSON | Posted 11.27.2011

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government said it is investigating videos posted on the Internet in which a gang of masked men vow to exterminate the viol...

Colombia Seizes $230 Million Of Mexican Kingpin's Assets

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian police have seized 301 properties, including houses, vehicles and estates, that belonged to alleged front men for J...

Top Mexican Official: Cartels Turning Attacks On Authorities

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's drug cartels have changed tactics and are turning more attacks on authorities, rather than focusing their fire on rivals ...