Two "priority targets" of the U.S. DEA as well as suspected members of the Italian mafia were among 20 people detained, police said.

Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the United States started talking about it as a literal organization.

The US plans to designate a Venezuelan drug cartel allegedly led by Nicolas Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization, expanding the legal case for more aggressive action as it masses military assets in the Caribbean after months of deadly boat strikes.

The U.S. government intends to designate a cartel it says is headed by Venezuela’s socialist dictator, Nicolás Maduro, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), according to a […]

Though the assassinations of other public figures in Mexico have triggered outrage, the recent killing of Carlos Manzo, a mayor in Michoacán, has left many Mexicans wondering if the government can ever confront rampaging cartels.

The DEA tore through a small New Hampshire city and rounded up what they called "high-ranking" members of the Sinaloa Cartel. Among those arrested? A man who has had few sober days since 1999.

Two days after Mexico announced the closure of 13 gambling establishments and websites involved in possible money laundering, the U.S. Treasury Department restricted access to the U.S. financial system for 10 Mexico-based establishments, accusing the Sinaloa cartel of using them to introduce illicit funds into the international financial system.

A months-long King County investigation seized over a million dollars in drugs and linked two arrested mid-level dealers to a Mexico-based supply line.

Mexico’s president on Tuesday flatly rejected the idea of allowing U.S. military strikes against drug cartels on Mexican soil, a day after President Donald Trump said he was “OK” with authorizing such operations to stop drugs from entering the United States.