MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday he won’t fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs. Over the years, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has laid out various justifications for his “hugs, not bullets” policy of avoiding clashes with the cartels. In … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president called on citizens Friday not to support drug cartels, or oppose the installation of National Guard barracks, after a number of videos surfaced showing residents cheering convoys of cartel gunmen. Several videos have been posted on social media in recent weeks of villages in southern Chiapas, showing farmers lining roadways … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from Asia to Australia to Africa, but never before with such intensive street gang violence and a presidential declaration of a state of “internal armed conflict” this week in Ecuador. Gunmen from an … Read more
Comment on this storyComment U.S. officials announced criminal charges Tuesday against eight Chinese companies and 12 of their executives accused of supplying precursor chemicals for the illegal manufacture of fentanyl, methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs. The charges were the second major set of indictments the Biden administration has unsealed since June accusing companies in China … Read more
Authorities in northern Mexico say they’ve destroyed 14 home made armored vehicles of the sort utilized by drug cartels to struggle land battles MEXICO CITY — Authorities in northern Mexico stated Sunday they’ve destroyed 14 home made armored vehicles of the sort utilized by drug cartels to struggle land battles. The automobiles are often tailored … Read more