A former marine stationed in San Diego has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for drug smuggling. A former marine stationed in San Diego has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for drug smuggling.
In Mexico, stealing a few stalks of broccoli can get you killed, as an impoverished Mexican man found out as he was beaten and burned to death by an angry mob.
Authorities in Latin America have confiscated cocaine and other illegal drugs worth $5.7 billion in an operation spanning 15 countries, according to Interpol.
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized the United States and claimed that the nation is "spying" and doing "interference" in Mexico.
Three Americans sailing from Mexico to San Diego have been reported missing for almost two weeks now, and the U.S. Coast Guard and Mexican Navy have continued to search for them.
The U.S. has charged 28 members of Mexico's notorious Sinaloa Cartel, including four sons of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, who are collectively known as "Los Chapitos."
"El Menchito," the son of Jalisco cartel boss Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, was due to change his plea to guilty this week. Then a new lawyer hired by his family showed up.
Two Americans who survived a kidnapping by members of the Gulf Cartel in Mexico that left two of their friends dead had finally talked about their harrowing experience.
Federal prosecutors in Mexico have formally charged four soldiers in the killings of five men, including an American, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, last February.
Several migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, protested early Monday, leading the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to briefly close the Paso Del Norte International Bridge in El Paso, Texas.
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the disappearance of an American mechanic named Edgar "Polvos" Perez Chairez, a Mexico kidnapping victim who was taken last January.