CRIME

Ben Sutchi and Alon Azulay were shot dead at Plaza Artz, a mall in Mexico City

The Unión Tepito Cartel distributes drugs and extorts and kidnaps business owners

La Unión Tepito is in charge of drug sales and distribution in Mexico City and is one of the main generators of violence

In Michoacán, drug cartels control the drug trade and are now trying to control the avocado

The former couple is charged with several crimes, including organized crime and embezzlement

Michoacán is not only home to the country’s largest monarch butterfly reserve, but also rival drug gangs who battle to control smuggling routes through often-arid terrain to the Pacific

Armed men blocked roads, burned cars, and there were reports of shootouts in the city of Uruapan in western Mexico after a senior leader of the Los Viagras cartel was detained

In a joint operation with elements from the Navy Ministry, Mexico’s Citizen Security Ministry arrested Óscar Andrés N, “El Lunares,” main leader of La Unión Tepito

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection informed that the tunnel begins in an industrial area in Mexico and is 1.3 km long

Ismael "Q" is accused of manufacturing and distributing marijuana, heroin, and meth for their illegal introduction into the United States