Mexico has acknowledged that the infamous drug kingpin El Chapo is attempting to loosen the security measures at the prison he is currently in. This is the same prison he escaped from last year.
HSBC has been sued by US citizens whose relatives were murdered by drug gangs. Under the US Anti-Terrorism Act, they claim that the London-based bank allowed the Mexican drug cartels launder billions of dollars for their business operation.
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention told lawyers of Nestora Salgado that her arrest in Mexico was arbitrary. She was arrested in 2013 and is still detained after setting up a community police force.
The joint forces of the US and Mexican authorities arrested 22 members while killing the other 2 in a raid near the US-Mexico border. These suspects are members of the Sinaloa cartel, responsible for drug trafficking over the years.
President of Chamber of Deputies Jesus Zambrano said on Sunday that Mexico should move ahead with entirely permitting marijuana usage. The statement was shared in front of legislative body as they started a month-long discussion on the drug war.
Bruce Beresford-Redman has been denied appeal by the Mexican Supreme Court and has sustained the sentence passed by the lower court against the ex-reality show producer.
Bruce Beresford-Redman, former 'Survivor' producer, has sentenced to a 12-year imprisonment for being a suspect to Monica Burgos Beresford-Redman's death. His side is set to have another appeal to the Mexican Supreme Court to contest the verdict.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney was charged on Wednesday. Authorities say he forged a document to make it look like a Mexican citizen who wanted to stay in the United State was not eligible to do so.
Sean Penn and El Chapo had secret meetings in the past while the latter has escaped from jail. Mexican authorities are now launching a criminal investigation regarding the encounter.
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is finally back in chains after he was recaptured last January 8 following a trail based on Guzman’s secret interview with Hollywood actor Sean Penn. El Chapo, with his release, is facing a possible extradition to US.
The U.S. legalization of medical marijuana has caused stir and some effect to Mexican pot business. A decline in profit by 70% is already predicted by the Mexican farmers.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Monday he would open a national debate to review the country's marijuana laws ahead of a key United Nations meeting next year, following a landmark court ruling.
An international human rights body on Friday called for Mexico to investigate a clash between security forces and alleged gang members that killed 43 people, citing testimony suggesting it had included extrajudicial killings by the state.
Egyptian Army aircraft hunting for militants in the desert mistakenly bombed a convoy of mostly Mexican tourists, killing 12 people and wounding 10, authorities said on Monday.
Mexico's official account of the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 students last year does not add up, a team of international experts said on Sunday, citing deep flaws in the government's investigation and dismissing its claims that the victims were incinerated in a garbage dump.
Mexico's government withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in tax refunds owed to Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and Colgate combined as it sought to coax them and other multinationals to pay more income tax locally, according to people close to the talks.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would increase fees on some Mexican visas and all border crossing cards as part of a broader plan to force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern U.S. border.
The U.S. government believes fugitive Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is still in Mexico, and federal agents are working with Mexican authorities on his recapture, the acting head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said on Wednesday.
Several U.S. politicians sharply criticized the Obama administration on Monday over an annual global report on human trafficking in response to a Reuters article chronicling how senior U.S. diplomats had watered down rankings of more than a dozen strategically important countries.
