AMATITLAN, Guatemala, June 4 (UPI) -- Mexican drug gangs are moving operations to Guatemala, where weak law enforcement and deep-rooted corruption provide fertile ground, officials and analysts say.
PHOENIX, March 9 (UPI) -- An Arizona man accused of supplying assault rifles to Mexican drug cartels faced trial Monday on forgery, fraud and money laundering charges, prosecutors said.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Nearly two dozen policemen from the Mexican border town of Tijuana were jailed and face trial for supposed ties to drug trafficking, authorities said.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Mexico say 5,376 people have died this year in drug violence -- more than double the number for the same period last year.
MEXICO CITY, June 26 (UPI) -- A top police commander was killed in Mexican City Thursday, the latest in a series of police killings amid a federal effort to clamp down on drug gangs.
MEXICO CITY, March 20 (UPI) -- A former Mexican general's daughter was killed by gunmen along with her husband, sparking concerns that drug gangs are retaliating against a crackdown. Retired Gen. Humberto Lopez Portillo's daughter and husband were gunned down Saturday while driving thr
MEXICO CITY, March 18 (UPI) -- Soldiers have taken over police stations in the eastern Mexican state of Tabasco in an effort to curtail drug violence, El Universal reported Sunday.
MEXICO CITY, March 29 (UPI) -- Hand grenades are being used in fighting between Mexican authorities and drug cartels on the U.S.-Mexican border, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.
MEXCIO CITY, Mexico, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Two Mexican police chiefs were gunned down near the U.S. border in what authorities believed were drug-related killings, El Universal reported Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Drug traffickers from Mexico have supplanted Colombians as major illegal drug smugglers, sneaking some $400 billion worth of drugs into the United States.
