The White House is outlining, pending a formal announcement, the first designations: La Familia Michoacana, Cárteles Unidos, ...

The indictment and court testimony highlighted beatings, kidnappings and fatal shootings that were part of the conspiracy ...

Gulf cartel boss Osiel Cardenas Guillen’s son-in-law pleaded guilty to extortion and money laundering charges Thursday.

"El Ricky" was arrested this week. He's accused of leading several operations against law enforcement, including an attack on ...

A former leader of the Gulf Cartel, he created the Zetas, a spin-off criminal gang filled with former military operatives that became known for engaging in torture, beheadings and indiscriminate ...

Eleven alleged Zetas triggermen were sentenced last year ... might have been sent to the border to go to work for the rival Gulf cartel, Mexican authorities said.

With a strong presence in about 17 Mexican states - or half the country - Los Zetas is currently the largest criminal syndicate operating in Mexico. The Gulf Cartel was in the midst of a violent ...

Carlos Favian Martinez, son-in-law to former Gulf Cartel drug lord ... who started a violent brand of cartel violence through the formation of the Zetas. On Thursday, Martinez entered a guilty ...

José Alfredo Cárdenas Martínez faces the charge of coordinating “an international conspiracy to possess with the intention of distributing methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl” ...

The former head of the Gulf cartel was known for his brutality. He created the most bloodthirsty gang of hitmen Mexico has ever known, the Zetas, which routinely slaughtered migrants and innocent ...