Topic: Cartels

To Defeat Drug Cartels, Corrupt Bankers Must Be Jailed June 18, 2025 Mark Adams It’s not enough to arrest the smugglers and fine the banks. The bankers handling the money need to pay a price, too.
Nicolás Maduro allegedly partnered with Venezuela’s most notorious gang to brutalize political dissidents abroad April 2, 2024 Olivia Murray The line between leftist ideologues in government and members of officially-recognized criminal cartels is nonexistent.
Another day and another cartel fighting cartel for territory in Mexico March 20, 2024 Silvio Canto, Jr. Mexico is growing destabilized by cartels fattened by the drug and migrant trade and nobody is talking about it.
Failed state? Tijuana's mayor flees cartel threats to army base in fear of her life June 14, 2023 Monica Showalter Joe Biden's open border has turned Tijuana, just south of San Diego, into a Caracas-like death trap.
Where the heck is 'La Barbie'? December 8, 2022 Monica Showalter Why isn't that top Mexican cartel kingpin, who had been packed away in the states for 49 years for cocaine trafficking, somehow not in federal custody?
Joe Biden hands Mexico's human-smuggling cartels a $13 billion 'bonus' October 9, 2022 Monica Showalter A look at the scale of Biden's border disaster through its money lens is not a pretty picture.
Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, Tecate, and other Mexican border cities explode into orgy of cartel violence August 13, 2022 Monica Showalter Joe Biden's open borders policies have turned Mexico into a war zone.