MEXICO CITY (AP) — The bombs started raining down from cartel drones at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, just as the sun crested over the mountains of central Mexico. The cluster of rural communities known as Guajes de Ayala now under siege had spent weeks warning law enforcement in the state of Guerrero of mounting threats by the encroaching cartel,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This still taken from video shows a car exploding on a highway in Tecámac, Mexico, killing Francisco "El Payin" Beltran, a mid-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel, and his driver.

The new boss of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel was born in California — raising thorny legal questions about how the Trump administration can go after a US citizen on foreign soil. Juan Carlos Valencia,

The U.S. government has designated two new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The Juárez Cartel, on the Texas border, and Los Viagras, from Michoacán, join six other Mexican criminal groups with this label.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Between 800 and 1,000 families fled their homes in central Mexico Sunday after a cartel attacked mountain communities using drone-delivered explosives and heavy weaponry.

One of Mexico’s most violent cartel bosses, who has a history of masquerading as a freedom fighter, is living peacefully in his home, while his terrorist organization spreads terror. While Mexican authorities seem unable to find him,

He was wanted for multiple homicides and has been identified as an alleged hitman associated with the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel. He was also arrested in Canada and Colombia.

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García was arrested by the FBI in 2024 following a stunning betrayal by another cartel boss. Nearly two years later, there are growing questions over whether US intelligence was involved,