On October 17, Mexican President López Obrador’s government was rocked when cartel gunmen laid siege to the city of Culiacán, forcing outmatched soldiers to release Ovidio Guzmán, a son of jailed drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
Raymundo Isidro, the former Morelos state leader of criminal gang Guerreros Unidos, was among those who were killed
Central America has become the outlet of Mexican organized crime for drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking
The Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel fight over opium poppy fields
Mexican drug cartels are profiting from the opioid trade. Nearly two-thirds of the 61 kilograms (134 pounds) of fentanyl seized by U.S. customs last year came from Mexico
The growing opioid epidemic is not only affecting the U.S., it's now affecting Mexican cities that had never seen heroin addicts before.
If China- or Mexico-based producers were involved, American authorities may have to focus on a dealer or doctor in the U.S. who supplied the drugs knowing the substance was illegal
According to The New York Times, Mexican cartels have their own labs to produce fentanyl, and also receive shipments from China.
Under that operation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed gunrunners to buy weapons in hopes of tracking them and disrupting Mexican gun-smuggling rings.
Seven pharma executives may be put on trial on suspicion of supplying a key ingredient for making crystal meth to a Mexican drug cartel.