DOJ announces criminal charges against five United Cartels leaders with $26 million rewards offered for arrests in international drug trafficking case.

The network of 13 businesses in areas near the seaside tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta were accused of working with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a group designated by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization.

A car accident, a series of secret wiretaps, a shootout with police and a drug bust eventually led federal investigators back to cartel leaders in Mexico.

The Treasury Department sanctioned four people and 12 companies in Mexico linked to a "brutally violent" cartel in timeshare fraud of a Puerto Vallarta resort.

A car crash in a small Tennessee town ultimately led to the five Mexican cartel leaders being hit with federal charges, and the DOJ offering up to $26 million for their arrests.

In a major development, Mexico has sent 26 high-ranking cartel members to the United States. Historic Transfer of Dangerous Criminals This move is part of a growing effort to stop powerful criminal networks from smuggling drugs across the border.

Trump is eager to breach Mexico’s sovereignty to attack cartels, officials say — just don’t call it an invasion

Ilan Katz, president of the Mexican Bar Foundation, credits President Claudia Sheinbaum for a "seismic shift" in efforts to contain drug-trafficking and says battling fentanyl is essential to Chicago.