A fire in a drug rehabilitation center in the violence-plagued Mexican state of Guanajuato killed 12 people and injured at ...

A yearlong investigation shows the depth of the gun trafficking problem and how ATF oversight of gun dealers can reduce ...

Officials believe cartels sometimes execute rival drug dealers as well as patients who refuse to join their ranks.

(THE CONVERSATION) The Mexican security forces tracking Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – the leader of a deadly drug cartel that has been a top driver of violence in Mexico and narcotic addiction in ...

While Mexican drug violence has been spilling across the border in the form of kidnappings and killings, grenades are a particular worry because they can kill large numbers of people ...

He said the Mexican drug lords saw Internet video of beheadings ... Second, the gangs try to out-macho one another with greater acts of macabre violence, frightening rivals in a murderous spiral.

U.S. sanctions powerful Ecuador crime gang Los Lobos and leader "Pipo" The U.S. has sanctioned Los Lobos, an Ecuadorian crime gang that officials say is behind much of the violence shaking the ...