Aerial surveillance of the cartels has increased, with at least 18 spy plane missions flown over the Southwest and near ...

More than half a dozen drug cartels with roots in Latin America will be classified as "terrorist" organisations by the United ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) The Medellín Cartel, one of the most iconic and ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Friday that the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel was the “head of the ELN” guerilla group whose recent turf war over trafficking routes has killed dozens ...

DEA agent Steve Murphy who helped bring down Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar says conspiracy theories about the drug lord ...

MEXICO CITY—President Trump wants to deploy a blunt new tool to fight Mexican cartels that flood the U.S. with drugs, by ...

In a darkened military command center near the Peruvian border, eight Ecuadoran marines armed with rusting M4 rifles prepare ...

Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. Justice Department itself has recognized that "74% of the weapons" used by criminal groups in Mexico come from north of the border.

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

The White House is outlining, pending a formal announcement, the first designations: La Familia Michoacana, Cárteles Unidos, ...

The Kingpin Act, established in the 1990s, allows for international sanctions and the prosecution of Americans aiding cartels ...

It could also lay the groundwork for going after cartel financiers and allied businesses—and for unilateral U.S. military action such as drone strikes on drug ... Forces of Colombia, or AUC ...