Morales was a police officer when cartel members gunned down the chopper he was aboard. His survival made him an icon of the fight against drugs and cartel violence in Mexico and the United States.

Morales was a police officer when cartel members gunned down the chopper he was aboard. His survival made him an icon of the fight against drugs and cartel violence in Mexico and the United States.

A Mexican federal police officer survived a 2015 helicopter crash blamed on the CJNG cartel, ... Morales recounted the deadly helicopter crash as part of a special report by the Courier Journal.

Jorge Alberto Morales-Calvo pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he and a cohort used a cartel broker to buy heavy-duty arms for the narcotraffickers — including a Barrett .50 ...

Morales is survived by a 9-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. Officer recounts surviving chopper attack. Morales was a police officer when cartel members gunned down the chopper he was aboard. His ...

Morales was a police officer when cartel members gunned down the chopper he was aboard. His survival made him an icon of the fight against drugs and cartel violence in Mexico and the United States.

The attack comes amid ongoing brazen strikes against Mexican authorities that began with cartel soldiers gunning down the helicopter carrying Morales in 2015.

Morales was a police officer when cartel members gunned down the chopper he was aboard. His survival made him an icon of the fight against drugs and cartel violence in Mexico and the United States.