Gangs and drug cartels in Mexico seem to be playing a wider role in the upcoming elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships, and around 19,000 mayorships and other posts.
A judge ordered that families of victims of a Mexican cartel ambush of three moms and 14 kids be paid $4.64 billion, which was considered symbolic at the time.
A beauty queen was arrested as part of a major cartel bust, which included 18 suspects as of last week, and was accused of using her job to transport cash
Mexico's "most powerful and ruthless" cartel - The Cartel Jalisco Nueva GeneraciΓ³n (CJNG)- operates in all 50 state and is competing with a rival cartel in the US, the DEA said
Women and children at young as 7 are being used as Mexican cartel assassins, private investigator said, adding that "the bad guys don't look like bad guys."
The murders of three surfers in Mexico, including an American who was engaged to be married in August, "is eerily similar" to a 2020 murder of San Diego couple, a private investigator said.