Two new works of art — the documentary film Cartel Land and the novel The Cartel — shine a light on the seemingly endless drug war in Mexico. John Powers says both works are bleak, but gripping.

The documentary Cartel Land looks at Mexico's drug war from a unique perspective: the people who chose to take up arms against the drug gangs. The film's director Matthew Heineman embedded himself ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary "Arming Cartels: Inside the Mexican-American Gunrunning Networks" in the video player above. Mexican drug cartels have been smuggling a vast arsenal of even ...

The Daily Caller and Jorge Ventura produced the new documentary "Cartelville, USA" about small, rural Southern California desert towns that have been taken over by Mexican and international drug ...

The violence linked to Mexican drug cartels has flared again, grabbing global headlines. Before the recent brutal murder of nine members of a US family in northern Mexico, a protracted shoot-out ...

Mexican officials present various members of Los Zetas drug cartel after a bust in Mexico City, 2011 AFP via Getty Images In 2013, Miguel was arrested by Mexican authorities. The trial of José ...

Beneath the veil of quarter horse racing was a multi-million dollar money laundering operation run by the notorious Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas. The incredible true story of how rookie FBI agent ...

Why this Kentucky newsroom – 2,000 miles from Mexican drug lord El Mencho's HQ – spent nine months to tell the story of his violent cartel ...

Drug cartels are Mexico’s fifth largest employer with 175,000 on payroll, study finds. A vast network of 150 cartels are recruiting upwards of 350 new members a week across the country ...