Dane Schiller
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 06:17
Osiel Cardenas Jr, the son of a former king of the Gulf Cartel, pleaded guilty Wednesday in South Texas to attempting to sneak ammunition into Mexico, prosecutors announced.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 00:00
Instead of leaving the meth in a crystal form that looks like rock candy covered in an oily film, smugglers increasingly are turning it into a liquid and hiding it in gas tanks, pizza-sauce cans and hidden compartments.
Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 00:00
Locked in one of Mexico's maximum-security prisons, Laredo-born Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez Villarreal has something everyone now wants: secrets.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 00:00
Hefty roads running through once-remote ranchlands now enable loaded-down tractor-trailers and pickups to avoid Border Patrol highway checkpoints
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 00:00
Once a solider for imprisoned kingpin Osiel Cardenas, the 37-year-old De la Cruz will be sent back to Mexico, where the targets of his attack suspect he will simply rejoin the ranks of the deadly drug forces.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 00:00
A Houston man who reputedly confessed to buying hundreds of weapons for the Zetas drug cartel, and aided federal agents, is running for his life.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 00:00
Interior Minister Jose Francisco Blake Mora, considered second in command in a country with no vice president, died as did all seven other people aboard the flight that went down last week outside Mexico City.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 00:00
Despite decades of U.S. officials' efforts against it, Mexican marijuana remains widely available, frequently used and commonly disregarded as a danger.
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 00:00
At least 44 people in Austin were charged with alleged roles in smuggling drugs and cash on behalf of La Familia Michoacana cartel, the DEA announced.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 00:00
"He should not have done it," said Jorge Castaneda, who served in Calderon's predecessor's Cabinet. "He wasn't prepared for it."