Four decapitated bodies have been found hanging from a bridge in Mexico's Sinaloa state, part of a surge of violence that ...

A van containing 16 of the bodies was plastered with a banner referencing the ongoing wars between rival drug cartels in ...

The grim reality of Mexico's escalating cartel violence was underscored on Monday as four decapitated bodies were found ...

The final weekend of June was one of the bloodiest in Sinaloa since turf wars between rival criminal groups Los Chapitos and La Mayiza escalated nearly 10 months ago.

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of one of the most feared drug lords in the world, is planning to plead guilty in a major drug ...

Why Trump is pushing military help for Mexico to help fight cartels 02:14. Mexican authorities discovered the bodies of 34 people in a mass grave in a western region wracked by cartel violence ...

As the Atlantic Council, an international affairs thinktank, observed in 2024: “in areas [of Mexico] controlled by drug cartels, violence against women intensifies”.

Drug cartels in Mexico use gendered violence, including femicide, as a tool of social control and political dominance, particularly in regions with strong cartel presence.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers that attempted to hold them responsible for drug cartel violence.

The drug cartels impose such fear over large sectors of Mexican society that the site ... churches in at least 10 municipalities in Southern Mexico closed their doors over fears of cartel violence.

Musicians in Mexico sometimes get caught up in cartel violence themselves. Last month, the bodies of five Mexican musicians from the band Grupo Fugitivo, were found in Reynosa along the Texas border.