Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader from Tijuana extradited to San Diego
An alleged high-level cartel leader who was arrested by Mexican authorities following a 2020 shootout on the streets of downtown Tijuana has been extradited to San Diego, where he is facing a federal ...
CBP officer arrested for human smuggling was allegedly in Mexican drug cartel
A U.S. CBP officer allegedly involved in migrant smuggling on the Texas border was a member of a Mexican drug cartel, a federal agent testified.
Notorious cartel leader's son-in-law pleads guilty in U.S. to scheme that used violence to fix prices at border
The indictment and court testimony highlighted beatings, kidnappings and fatal shootings that were part of the conspiracy ...
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Octavio Leal Hernandez, known as “Chapito Leal,” pleaded not guilty to two drug distribution ... alleged cartel members. In the tense days following his arrest, heavily armed Tijuana police ...
Mexico president says U.S. claim about cartel alliance is "slander," vows to retaliate against Trump tariffs
"If there is such an alliance anywhere, it is in the U.S. gun shops that sell high-powered weapons to these criminal groups," ...