Paulina Villegas

Cartel insiders say that in exchange for bribes and political support they were allowed to operate in Sinaloa state with near total freedom.

CULIACÁN, Mexico -- The pact with the authorities worked like this, cartel operatives said: Spoken code words cleared the way for drugs and weapons

THE pact with the authorities worked like this, cartel operatives said: spoken code words cleared the way for drugs and weapons to pass through

MEXICO CITY — State prosecutors charged a journalist with terrorism over his reporting. A court ordered a columnist to delete an article linking a candidate to criminal networks. A judge

MEXICO CITY -- State prosecutors charged a journalist with terrorism over his reporting. A court ordered a columnist to delete an article linking a candidate to criminal networks.

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in Mexico said Wednesday that they were investigating whether the U.S. government had lied about its role in capturing notorious drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada,

A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women.

A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women.

By MAZATLÁN, Mexico — It's been nearly a year since her younger sister Cecilia disappeared, and Nadia Berrelleza barely sleeps.

Former President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras, who just nine months ago was serving a 45-year sentence in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges before being pardoned by President Donald Trump, was cleared of the remaining criminal charges against him in Honduras on Tuesday.