drug cartels

Mexican authorities have arrested three suspects in connection with the ambush that left nine members of a fundamentalist Mormon group dead last month. Attorney General of the Republic Alejandro Manero says the Mexican military made the arrests, but has not provided any details about which drug cartel the suspects may be connected to...

Republican Senator Mike Lee is calling for U.S. sanctions against the Mexican drug cartels responsible for the murders of nine Americans earlier this month. In letters sent to the Treasury Department, the Secretary of State and the FBI, Senator Lee says Mexico is "leaning dangerously" toward becoming a failed state, and cartels must understand that the U...