Mothers and children in school uniforms were among those calling for an end to months of cartel violence that has at times closed schools and businesses in the state capital, Culiacan. A group of ...

Mexico’s drug cartels are often described as powerful rivals to the state, with their influence measured in weapons, money and murdered officials. But this framing misses a fundamental truth. Organised crime in Mexico is also a system of gendered governance – one that disciplines, controls and sometimes eliminates women to consolidate power.

The justices sharply questioned the legality of faulting U.S. gunmakers for the ghastly, decades-long cartel violence south of the border, which means they won’t award Mexico a penny of the $10 ...

Eleven more people have been killed in a wave of violence in a Mexican cartel heartland shaken by gang infighting, authorities said Sunday. The latest fatalities included five men whose bodies ...

The uptick in violence comes after the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada in late July, which is believed to have unleashed an internal power ...

Violence continues on the U.S.-Mexico border after Mexican drug cartels have been engaged battles against the Mexican military. During an interview with Fox Business host Stuart Varney ...

A fire in a drug rehabilitation center killed 12 people and injured at least three others, authorities in the Mexican state of Guanajuato said Sunday.