The United States has designated Mexico’s Juarez Cartel and Los Alegres group as foreign terrorist organizations, marking a major escalation in Washington’s fight against drug cartels. The US State Department said the groups were involved in attacks affecting American citizens and interests, including a 2019 attack that killed nine members of the Mormon community in Mexico.

US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

Organised crime groups in Mexico have become the fifth-largest employer in the country, a shocking report has revealed. According to a new study published in the journal Science, more than 175,000 people could be employed by Mexican cartels in total, with recruitment numbers going drastically up to make up for the losses caused by the incarceration of members or their deaths.

Organised crime groups now fifth-largest employer in Mexico: Report

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday (March 24) responded to comments from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and denied that parts of Mexico were controlled by drug cartels.

Mexico president refutes Blinken’s claims, says drug cartels don’t run the country

Ten people were killed and seven wounded after a group of gunmen stormed a bar in Mexico's central state of Guanajuato. The incident took place around 11 pm local time on Saturday (0500 GMT) at the "El Estadio" bar in the town of Apaseo el Grande, when a group of armed men burst in and opened fire at customers and employees of the bar along a highway that connects the cities of Celaya and Queretaro.

10 killed, seven injured after gunmen storm Mexican bar

A video claiming to be from Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) circulated on social media on Friday, urging that fighting be kept between criminal groups and avoid innocents.

Mexican cartel urges that innocents be kept out of drug war in video message

In the weeks before US President Donald Trump’s declaration last month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations, Cabinet members and top aides from across the government recommended against it, five people knowledgeable about the matter told Reuters.

After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead

Clashes between police and suspected cartel gunmen in a northern Mexican town killed 21 people this weekend, authorities said, adding fuel to a debate sparked by US President Donald Trump, who has vowed to designate the gangs as terrorists.

Shootouts in northern Mexican town kill 21, fueling debate on cartels

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned Friday he would not allow the US to conduct cross-border armed operations after Donald Trump vowed to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups.

Mexico warns will not allow US military operations against cartels

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US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

Organised crime groups now fifth-largest employer in Mexico: Report

Mexico president refutes Blinken’s claims, says drug cartels don’t run the country

10 killed, seven injured after gunmen storm Mexican bar

Mexican cartel urges that innocents be kept out of drug war in video message

After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead

Shootouts in northern Mexican town kill 21, fueling debate on cartels

Mexico warns will not allow US military operations against cartels