After the Mexican Cartel Comes, They Pick Up the Pieces

They arrive where the killings end, retrieving bodies, comforting families and bearing the emotional toll of a deadly struggle that shows no sign of stopping.

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Trump Is Blowing Up Boats Off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s Cartels Be Next?

U.S. strikes on boats that President Trump says are drug smugglers have unsettled America’s biggest trading partner, where powerful criminal groups produce and smuggle drugs.

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U.S. and Mexico Vow to Cooperate Against Crime as Rubio Meets Sheinbaum

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with President Claudia Sheinbaum, after she pressed the Trump administration not to take unilateral action in Mexico.

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On the Ground With a Top Mexican Cartel

A Times reporter shares her experience with the Sinaloa Cartel, which relies on drivers, packers and other operatives to smuggle fentanyl into the United States.

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Sinaloa Cartel Founder Known as El Mayo Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking

Ismael Zambada García will spend life in prison. He had been charged with running a criminal network that sold cocaine, heroin and other illegal drugs.

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Sinaloa Cartel Founder Expected to Plead Guilty to Trafficking Charges

Ismael Zambada García, known as El Mayo, was accused of running a murderous operation that ran drugs like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border.

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These Are Drug Cartels Designated as Terrorists by the U.S.

President Trump has signed an order telling the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain criminal gangs that the United States has named terror organizations.

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How a Top Mexican Cartel Smuggles Fentanyl to the U.S.

New York Times reporters documented how fentanyl was concealed by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate, which is adapting in the face of a crackdown by two governments.

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Mexico’s President Says U.S. Forces Are Unwelcome in Her Country

The Mexican government thought it had turned a corner in cooperating with the Trump administration on combating the cartels, having launched an aggressive crackdown of its own.

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U.S. Says It Will Not Seek Death Penalty Against 3 Drug Cartel Bosses

Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has been a significant point of friction with Mexico’s government.

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