Cartels

• ‘Several’ arrests made in shooting deaths of Mormon family in Mexico, authorities report

  Officials did not identify the suspects or specify how many people were arrested as a result of the investigation.

  World

  Dec 2, 2019
  
• 250 skulls found in clandestine graves near Veracruz, Mexico over past few months

  More than 250 skulls have been found over the last several months in what appears to be a drug cartel mass burial ground on the outskirts of the city of Veracruz, prosecutors said Tuesday.

  Crime

  Mar 14, 2017
  
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• Mexico’s federal police chief fired over execution allegations

  Mexico's president dismissed the chief of the federal police force Monday, following a scathing report alleging federal police "executed arbitrarily" at least 22 suspected drug cartel members during a raid on a ranch.

  World

  Aug 29, 2016
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• Mexican cartels dispatch trusted agents to live, work in U.S.

  If left unchecked, authorities say, the cartels' move into the American interior could render the syndicates harder than ever to dislodge and pave the way for them to expand into other criminal enterprises such as prostitution, kidnapping-and-extortion rackets and money laundering.

  Crime

  Apr 1, 2013