MSNBC
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 00:00
The U.S. Treasury Department called Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman "the world's most powerful drug trafficker" on Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 00:00
"That hill will open up and a big atomic bomb will come out," he said, the two men laughing together.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 00:00
Well-worn trails and a narrowing of the river have made this area a favorite for Mexican drug traffickers
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 00:00
People living in the impoverished neighborhoods in the hills surrounding the Colombian capital live in constant fear of devastating mudslides
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 00:00
For many Americans who live near it, the fence, which covers 649 miles of the nearly 2,000-mile-long international border, speaks only of the failure of politics
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 00:00
Authorities did not say which cartel managed the shop, but it was in the home state of Mexico's most-wanted drug lord Joaquin Guzman, who is known as "El Chapo"
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 00:00
Vicente Zambada's lawyers claim he and other cartel leaders were granted immunity by U.S. agents - and carte blanche to smuggle cocaine over the border - in exchange for intelligence about rival cartels engaged in bloody turf wars in Mexico.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 00:00
The Obama administration on Tuesday removed or reassigned the top officials involved in a widely criticized U.S. operation to trace the flow of illegal guns into Mexico.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 00:00
Authorities in northern Mexico say they are searching for at least another dozen suspects in an arson fire at a casino that killed 52 people
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 00:00
Despite suffering one of the worst attacks on civilians in Mexico for years, the state of Nuevo Leon is undaunted because it believes a radical police overhaul will soon start winning the drug war.