Nation Feb 11 FAA lifts airspace shutdown over El Paso after announcing 10-day closure hours earlier By Associated Press
World Jan 20 Mexico sends 37 drug cartel members to U.S. in latest offer to Trump administration It is the third time in less than one year that Mexico has sent detained cartel members to the U.S. as the country attempts to offset mounting threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press
World Oct 03 Hegseth announces U.S. blew up 4th boat near Venezuela According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s social media post, the strike killed four men, but it offered no other details on who they were or what organization they belonged to. By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press
Nation Oct 02 Trump declares U.S. in 'non-international armed conflict' with drug cartels President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict.”… By Aamer Madhani, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
World Sep 01 Maduro vows a 'republic in arms' if U.S. forces in the Caribbean attack Venezuela Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean. By Associated Press
Jun 05 Supreme Court blocks Mexico's lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers over cartel violence By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The unanimous ruling tossed out the case under U.S. laws that largely shield gunmakers from liability when their firearms are used in crime. Continue reading
Feb 28 Mexican cartel leaders to be arraigned in NYC after their surprise transfer By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Rafael Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985 and had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Vicente Carrillo Fuentes is a former leader of… Continue reading
Jul 27 Who is 'El Mayo' Zambada, the Sinaloa drug cartel leader now in U.S. custody? By Anita Snow, Associated Press Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the top leader and co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, eluded the reach of U.S. law enforcement for decades as the criminal organization evolved into the world's biggest manufacturer and smuggler of illicit fentanyl pills and other… Continue reading
Jul 26 AP report: Powerful Mexican cartel leader was lured onto airplane before U.S. arrest By Alanna Durkin Richer, María Verza, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada got on an airplane to the U.S. believing he was going somewhere else, said the official, who spoke on the condition on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. Continue reading
Mar 22 Mexico's president says he won't confront cartels on U.S. orders By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has laid out various justifications over the years for his “hugs, not bullets” policy of avoiding clashes with the cartels. Continue reading