A tidal wave of violence struck Juárez, Mexico, leaving at least a dozen dead by early afternoon on Thursday, July 10, with homicides at various locations across the city. The killings were suspected of being linked to fighting among drug-trafficking groups, but the investigations were still ongoing.

A van containing 16 of the bodies was plastered with a banner referencing the ongoing wars between rival drug cartels in Sinaloa, authorities said.

Violence has soared in Sinaloa since the capture in the U.S. of cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada almost a year ago.

A streak of violence that left 22 people dead in a 30-hour span targeted drug distributors throughout the city, Juarez’s public safety secretary said on Friday.

The men were convicted of killing one person and disappearing two others at a ranch in Jalisco state, where the authorities found piles of shoes, clothing and hundreds of personal items.

Police in Juarez, Mexico, report the arrest of eight individuals in connection with a two-day spate of violence that left 22 people dead.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” leads a powerful Mexican drug cartel the Trump administration designated a foreign terrorist organization and faces allegations of drug trafficking and murder conspiracy,

CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, becoming the first of the drug lord’s sons to enter a plea deal.