Author: Cartel Chronicles

Cartel Gunmen in a convoy of armored vehicles ambushed a group of local police officers in a Mexican state just miles south of the Texas border. The ambush led to a fierce shootout where authorities managed to seize three vehicles — some with heavy ar…

Recorded conversations between drug traffickers intercepted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 2014 give clues about the fates of 43 students who disappeared at the hands of Mexican authorities and crime lords on September 26 of that year …

Cartel violence continues to plague the tourist hotspot of Cancun despite government assurances about improved safety. On Monday, locals found a human body wrapped in a blanket on a sidewalk.

Clashes in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato killed at least 10 gunmen and injured several police officers. The large-scale bloodshed comes at a time when two hyperviolent cartels fight for turf while officials try to minimize the chaos in recent…

Mexican authorities are reporting a spike in fentanyl seizures in the border state of Nuevo Leon, a region not typically known to see the narcotic trafficked or distributed.

Cartel gunmen carried out attacks at three soccer fields in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, killing eight and injuring four others over the past weekend.

Gunmen from one of Mexico’s most violent cartels set fire to a hospital clinic in the central part of that country. The arson is tied to documents from Mexico’s Army that revealed that the clinic was used by a rival organization to treat their wounded …

As cartels continue to expand in power and influence in Mexico, a journalist is sounding the alarm about the use of psychedelics like mushrooms as a new product with the potential to be a billion-dollar business.

A recently leaked Mexican military report courtesy of hacktivists revealed the routes cartels use to reach Arizona and California.

A group of cartel gunmen tried to hang a man from a highway overpass in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. The attempt failed and the cartel members left the tied-up body at the scene. The hanging of bodies is a common tactic used by drug cartels …