Drug Cartels

• RCMP arrest 3 B.C. residents, alleged associate linked to Japanese Yakuza

  Investigators identified the main Canada-based suspects as Richmond residents, and confirmed their alleged associate had ties to the Yakuza transnational organized crime syndicate.

  Crime

  Sep 22, 2022
  
• 11 bodies found in clandestine burial pits along Mexican border

  The bodies discovered in the crude graves are believed to be casualties of feuding drug cartels in the Sonora region of northern Mexico.

  World

  Mar 9, 2022
  
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• Trump says Mexican drug cartels will ‘absolutely’ be designated terrorists

  The Mexican government is pushing back, arguing that such a step would be an assault on its sovereignty.

  World

  Nov 27, 2019
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• Members of community attacked in Mexico say they will likely never come back

  Eight children, some mere infants, survived the ambush.

  World

  Nov 11, 2019
• Mexico invites FBI investigators to help probe recent killing of 9 Americans

  Mexico's Foreign Ministry said in a statement it extended the invitation through a diplomatic note to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.mexico

  World

  Nov 10, 2019
• Family members of women gunned down near U.S.-Mexico border say they lived quiet lives

  A number of American farming communities are clustered around the Chihuahua-Sonora state border with many members born in Mexico, giving them dual citizenship with the United States.

  World

  Nov 5, 2019
• Mexico set another record for murders with 33,000 cases in 2018

  Mexico broke its record for a second straight year with more than 33,000 murders in 2018, amid rampant violence and killings linked to drug cartels.

  World

  Jan 22, 2019
• Killings continue but travel agents keep selling trips to Cancun

  Canadians travel to Mexico more than any other country except the United States. But many visitors may be unaware of the growing violence in a main city that was once hailed as one of the country's safest: Cancun.

  Consumer

  Apr 26, 2018
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• CEO of Vancouver cyber-security company charged with helping drug cartels

  Phantom Secure CEO Vincent Ramos was indicted on charges related to providing criminal organizations with cellular phones and encrypted networks to coordinate the shipment of illegal drugs.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2018
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• New audio reveals hammering sounds before El Chapo’s escape from Mexican prison

  New surveillance video of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s escape from a maximum security prison features audio that shows for the first time just how apparent it should have been to guards of the prison break.

  World

  Oct 15, 2015