Mexico's drug war
Mexico overturns law meant to regulate troops in drug war
MEXICO CITY Mexico's highest court on Thursday overturned a contentious new security law aimed at regulating the long-time use of the military against drug cartels, a day after the president-elect's team said it was impossible to pull troops from the streets.
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El Chapo is a scapegoat for drug lord who bribed Mexico's president: lawyer
NEW YORK A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a scapegoat for the real leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. | Video
Factbox: The career of Mexico's brutal Robin Hood, 'El Chapo' Guzman
MEXICO CITY The evidence likely to be presented at the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will paint a picture of a Robin Hood figure, albeit a brutal one, who amassed a $14 billion fortune by bribery, murdering rivals and smuggling huge amounts of drugs.
Incoming Mexico government sends marijuana bill to Congress
MEXICO CITY Mexico's incoming government submitted a bill on Thursday to create a medical marijuana industry and allow its recreational use, part of a crime-fighting plan that would make Mexico one of the world's most populous countries to legalize the drug.
'Invasion' or 'brother migrants'? Caravans threaten Mexico-U.S. detente
MEXICO CITY A stream of U.S.-bound Central American migrant caravans risks clouding the rapprochement between Mexico's next leader and U.S. President Donald Trump, who has railed against illegal migration to energize his electoral base.
Mexico moves toward major rollback of marijuana prohibition
MEXICO CITY Mexico's next interior minister plans to submit a bill to create a medical marijuana industry and allow recreational use, the Congress website showed on Tuesday, in what would be a big step by the incoming government to shake up the country's drug war.
Mexico Supreme Court says ban on recreational marijuana unconstitutional
MEXICO CITY Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an absolute ban on recreational use of marijuana was unconstitutional, effectively leaving it to lawmakers to regulate consumption of the drug.
U.S. general says troop numbers at Mexican border to rise further
WASHINGTON The top U.S. general overseeing a deployment of more than 5,200 troops to the border with Mexico said on Tuesday that troop levels would rise further, but declined to say how high or estimate what the operation will cost.
El Chapo loses last minute bid to postpone trial
NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Tuesday turned down a last-ditch effort by accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to delay his trial, scheduled to begin next Monday with jury selection in Brooklyn federal court.
U.S. offers $10 million for information leading to Mexican drug lord's arrest
WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of leading Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the Justice Department considers to be one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world.