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

More than 60,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since the start of the country's war on drugs in 1964. #Mexico #MexicoDrugwar

More than 60,000 people are missing amid Mexico's drug war

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most notorious kingpin, shipped tonnes of drugs around the world, escaped two maximum-security prisons and became one of the world's most-wanted fugitives.

The rise and fall of 'El Chapo,' Mexico's most wanted gangster

Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was interested in directing a movie about his life story as early as 2007, long before his well-known meeting with US actor Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo in 2015, jurors in Guzman's US trial heard on Monday.

'El Chapo' dreamed of biopic for years before capture, says trial witness

The assassination of two Mexican mayors is the latest episode in a drug war that has claimed more than 60,000 lives so far

Being mayor in Mexico can cost you your life

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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

More than 60,000 people are missing amid Mexico's drug war

The rise and fall of 'El Chapo,' Mexico's most wanted gangster

'El Chapo' dreamed of biopic for years before capture, says trial witness

Being mayor in Mexico can cost you your life