MORELIA, Mexico ― “I had to burn some guys alive; that was my first task,” the 18-year-old said with some excitement in his voice, recalling his first assignment in a Mexican cartel. “We were chilling ...

Members of the Elite Group of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) attacked their rivals, La Familia Michoacana, through a video broadcast on social networks, in which they were called “bola de ...

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico—One of Mexico’s most violent cartels has just created its own elite unit of drone operators, a highly trained group of sicarios dedicated to tweaking commercial drones and ...

In a recent video, the CJNG declares war on a rival group in Michoacán Representatives of Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel have spoken out on behalf of their shadowy leader to demand that residents of a town ...

At least nine people died this Saturday in a clash between suspected hit men and the Army, National Guard and State Police, in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, one of the most violent states in the country.

Five soldiers are dead and two injured by gunfire following a series of attacks by armed civilians late Sunday along the ...

The Mexican war on drugs has reached a new disturbing milestone with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) officially becoming the first criminal organization in Mexico to establish an operational ...

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TIERRA CALIENTE, Mexico — This is what a cartel-besieged town looks like: shuttered storefronts, crumbling buildings, and streets that empty each day at dusk ...

It was around midday when the armed gunmen entered the chapel. Father Rafael Bonilla López** was administering mass. In his small, rural town in western Mexico’s Tierra Caliente, or “Hot Land” region, ...