Mexico touts successful crackdown on cartels amid Trump threats

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that efforts to crack down on Mexican cartels and slow migration north were showing “compelling results” in an effort to head off intervention talk…

Journalist who covered cartels murdered; message left next to body

A Mexican journalist who covered drug trafficking has been murdered, officials told AFP on Monday, the latest casualty in a country notoriously dangerous for reporters. The reporter, Miguel Angel Beltran,…

Popular musician who glorified drug cartels shot dead in parking lot

A popular Mexican musician who sang the praises of drug lords was shot dead in a parking lot in the west of the country, police said late Tuesday. Ernesto Barajas,…

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