Senator Scott has similarly vowed to "unleash" the US military to strike Mexican cartels, while Rolling Stone in March reported Mr Trump had asked advisers for "battle plans" to roll out if he is. Mexico’s Defense Department said that 16 soldiers will be tried on military charges related to the killings of five men in the border city of Nuevo Laredo last month. U. Joy Pruett at Jim Pruett's Guns and Ammo, one of 1,500 licensed gun dealers in the Houston area, easily accessible to Mexico. m. In the early 2000s, the Mexican military high command sent elite marines into Nuevo Laredo to conduct a kind of urban counterinsurgency against the cartel; small army units have also been deployed. to the Southwest border on behalf of Mexican and Colombian DTOs. Ovidio Guzmán’s arrest. Reps. Experts say new drug war won't work. Cartels such as the bloody and powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, and its rival Cárteles. S. "The idea that the U. ) have proposed a joint resolution giving the president authority to use the U. US family members of the nine women and children slaughtered in the Mexico cartel massacre have headed south — under the close eye of a military escort — as funerals get. ( NewsNation) — Republican leaders are doubling down on calls to fight Mexican drug cartels with the United States’ military force. , have introduced a joint resolution in. By the late 1990s, Mexican traffickers dominated drug. S. In the US, the opioid crisis continues to be a public health emergency. U. The US government has previously sanctioned cartel members as well as logistical allies used to funnel illicit drugs into the United States, taking action as recently as last month to sanction. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday rebuked calls from some U. Feb. -backed effort to confront drug cartels with the Mexican military backfired, leading to an explosion of violence across Mexico that started in 2007 and continues to this day. Jalisco keeps its sizeable army of troops running with a potent mixture of money — the cartel has a lot, from trafficking fentanyl and meth into the United States — and cocaine, which it flies. M4 Carbine with Grenade launcher (locally called Chanate, Mexican Spanish for "great-tailed grackle"). By Devlin Barrett. ”Samuel Walker (izq. The Mexican police, military officers and others secretly colluded with a cartel that kidnapped 43 students, a case unsolved after nearly a decade. Even some lawmakers are getting into the action: U. Mexico is trying to come to terms with a massive data leak that uncovered some of the country's closest kept secrets — from the health of the president to the corruption among Mexico's military. Thousands of migrants have once again flooded over the border from Mexico at El Paso, Texas — many of whom had reportedly been kidnapped by cartels, rescued by the Mexican. US, Mexican leaders have strong opinions. S. wiretaps tracked Gulf Cartel after Americans abducted, leak shows. The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa, CDS, after the native Sinaloa region), also known as the Guzmán-Zambada Organization, the Federation, the Blood Alliance, or the Pacific Cartel, is a large, international organized crime syndicate that specializes in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering. soil after being sped to the border near Brownsville, Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard. Military stand in line for a drill near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, California on November 15, 2018. The United States and Mexico are set to discuss an overhaul of their joint fight against drug cartels during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for. 57 EST. It’s not unusual now. Crenshaw said. Reps. citizens kidnapped in Mexico's crime-ridden northeast back to Brownsville, after the other two were. New U. Here's how the US needs to fight back. S. The latest news on Mexican drug cartels. “When you transport drugs, you don’t get your money until the drugs cross over into the United States. Published 10:02 PM PST, March 17, 2020. Mexican drug cartels are not only recruiting their own countrymen for their ranks — they are also drawing in Americans, including current and former members of the. S. I don’t want to be attacked again,” Graham told “On Balance” host Leland Vittert in an. S. “The cartels are war with us – poisoning more than 80,000 Americans with fentanyl every year, creating a crisis at our border, and turning Mexico into a failed narco-state,” Rep. He has plans to make the idea a reality in 2025. If a million migrants arrive in 2021, each able to pay a minimum of $7,000 for smuggling services, that’s $7 billion of black-market cash up for grabs. took its manhunt public. S. Liz MineoHarvard Staff Writer. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is openly against any U. S. They had travelled. S. 3 million — of the. It is the dominant source of heroin consumed in the United States, producingA group of six GOP senators on Wednesday introduced legislation that would slap the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) label on nine separate drug cartels in Mexico. April 14, 2023 at 6:23 p. S. The genesis of Mexico’s lawsuit was August 3, 2019, when a gunman walked into a Walmart busy with back-to-school shoppers in El Paso, Texas, and murdered 23 people while wounding 23 others. Congress would need a. He said 106,000 people died due to drug overdoses in 2022 and 70,000 were related to fentanyl. Groups of Central American families who crossed the Rio Grande recently into La Joya, Texas, wore blue bracelets with the logo of the Gulf Cartel, a dolphin, and the word “entregas,” or. S. How Mexico’s Cartels Have Learned Military Tactics. According to the seven-day Reuters/Ipsos poll, which closed on Thursday, 52% of respondents said they supported "sending U. The Mexican marines have been a leading beneficiary, and are now considered the most. 6, 2011. “It is guaranteed money every day,” he said. 6 kilograms of heroin, 4. ( NewsNation) — Mexican cartels dominate large areas of the U. government has appropriated $3. These men lead two of the most dangerous Mexican drug cartels – the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. military in Mexico to deal with the fentanyl crisis in the United States is the hot new policy solution for lots of U. U. In June, suspected members of the Northeast Cartel were arrested after being caught crossing into the United States armed with rifles. From Rep. gunmakers, accusing them of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to Mexican drug cartels and fueling violence in their. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he supported using "deadly force" against migrants coming into the United States who were suspected of bringing in drugs. He met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador earlier this year about cross. Former president Donald Trump proposed a naval. must use its military power to destroy cartels within the borders of Mexico. 10:30, Rachel Sharp. S. He said. WASHINGTON — Two heavily armed, camouflaged Mexican soldiers crossed 50 yards inside Arizona in January and drew their guns against U. Thousands of migrants are still arriving at the border with Mexico hoping to get into the. The Mexican military says its troops were attacked a day after residents in a town dominated by a drug cartel claimed soldiers fired on a protest and wounded several people. ” At an. Bring U. lawmakers for military action against drug cartels after the kidnapping of 4 Americans; two of them were killed. in connection with drug-related corruption. A new report by Fox News looks at three recent cases of US military personnel offering their. Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned Friday he would not allow the US to conduct cross-border armed operations, after Donald Trump vowed to designate Mexican drug. In this Oct. 21, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Soldiers patrol the streets following the detention of Mexican drug gang leader Ovidio Guzman in Jesus Maria, Mexico, January 7, 2023. southwest border and to co-opt officials at various levels of government. U. Thus, billions of U. By Michael Mitsanas. Border Patrol agents who. Trespassing arrests may help boost statistics for the operation, but they don’t deter cartels or gangs, said Victor Manjarrez, a former Border Patrol sector chief. the Mexican cartels where it is being turned into fentanyl, which is then being mixed into other. shoreline, and over 300 ports of entry across the United States. 3 Nov 2010. The Courier Journal's investigation into CJNG's surge comes during a recent wave of significant violence among warring drug cartels in Mexico. The video shows four. In 2019, an organized crime group opened fire on Americans and Mexicans who were driving through the northern state of Sonora, killing three women and six children, part of a Mormon group that. -Mexican cooperation. Many say Mexico’s war on drugs began after former President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006, but a new book suggests that the genesis was prohibitive drug policies enacted by the United States at. A rise in violence from Mexican drug cartels has been increasing in recent years. military power against the drug cartels could well lead to another unwinnable, seemingly endless war for. My legislation will put us at war with the cartels by authorizing the use of military force against the. The department said the. and Mexico. , after the other two were found dead, in Matamoros. C. S. “The blood of America fuels the drug cartels. military intervention in Mexico to defeat the cartels, saying, “over my dead body,” and “we are not going to allow Mexico to be pushed around. MEXICO CITY (AP) — With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they smuggled into the U. EDT. W. S. The DEA's report said Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) "maintain great influence" in most US states, with the Sinaloa cartel and the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación showing the. The comments by Jack Riley, former deputy administrator. According to official data, more than 70,000 people died. Dan Crenshaw and Michael Waltz introduced legislation that would authorize the use of military force against nine Mexican drug. The cartel use to bring in a lot of the marijuana when it was illegal and hard to get. S. lawmakers advocating military action in Mexico against. Agents began collecting their first clues that Minnesota was becoming a new hub for Mexican meth within the past two years, first through the greater volume of the drug. Mexico exports $3. to use military force against Mexico in order to crack down on drug cartels. U. The surge of fentanyl into the United States has been exacerbated by a breakdown in the U. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said on NBC. Ovidio Guzmán, a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, is taken into custody by Mexican security forces in 2019. US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 23, 2022. Dec. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected drug cartel gunmen abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint. MEXICO CITY -- The U. and. S. Migrants who crossed into the US from Mexico watch a golfer from a makeshift processing area along the Rio Grande, on Thursday, Sept. On the Mexican side there are cartel dwellings. Polis lines and guns. Write an article and join a growing community of more than 174,300 academics and researchers from 4,798 institutions. S. The Gulf Cartel is also present through local gangs, such as Los. 09/13/2023 04:00 PM EDT. Lindsey Graham, R-S. S. Even if the United States could pressure President Andrés Manuel López Obrador into tolerating U. In many cases, Mexican cartels work with local groups, like gangs, to distribute drugs at the retail level. S. “The cartels are war with us – poisoning more than 80,000 Americans with fentanyl every year, creating a crisis at our border, and turning Mexico into a failed narco-state,” Rep. The Gulf Cartel is also present through local gangs, such as Los. NEW LOOKThe US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) estimates that a kilo can kill half a million people. Then he was deported to Mexico. S. Drug war cooperation between the U. Mexico's president lashed out Monday at what he called U. S. S. lawmakers on Thursday for suggesting military action against Mexican drug cartels, after two Americans were killed in a kidnapping. Mexican authorities say the Americans, reportedly visiting Mexico for a medical procedure, were caught in a fight between rival cartels. 3 Nov 2010. Guns and handcuffs. ”A growing chorus of voices has called for the deployment of U. ” February 22, 2023 Christopher Kirkman. S. Cartel lays siege to Mexican city after recapture of the son of ‘El Chapo’. Security personnel work outside the morgue in Matamoros, Mexico, on Thursday before the bodies of two Americans are. MEXICO CITY —. Asked at the first Republican presidential debate if he would support sending US Special Forces into Mexico to confront drug cartels operating in the country, Florida Gov. In Tamaulipas, Los Zetas operate under the name Cartel del Noreste (Northeast Cartel) and Tropa del Infierno (Troop From Hell). ET. “The cartels are war with us – poisoning more than 80,000 Americans with fentanyl every year, creating a crisis at our border, and turning Mexico into a failed narco-state,” Rep. border states by straw men (paid about $100 per weapons) working for Mexican drug cartels and smuggled into Mexico, where they fuel. Mary Beth Sheridan. -Mexico drug war partnership. López Obrador rebuked calls from U. Members of the military on.