drug cartels

Blundering cartel gunmen kill their own boss after mistaking him for rival in wild hospital shootout

The shootout in a Mexico hospital left four people dead, among them a doctor.

Sick cartel video shows gangster in skull mask lead six Mexican teens to their death

The cartel who slaughtered the six innocent teens in Mexico filmed them being led to their deaths and sent the footage to their parents, according to reports.

Calif. deputy found carrying over 100 pounds of fentanyl in car: cops

The four-year law enforcement veteran is also accused of being armed with a loaded gun during the offense, which could get him a longer sentence.

'Modern Family' star looks unrecognizable as 'cocaine queen' Griselda Blanco

The first look is here of Sofia Vergara starring as "cocaine queen" Griselda Blanco in the upcoming Netflix limited series, "Griselda."

Don't blame migrants — it's Biden's open-border plan that's fueling hardship

More than 890 migrants — a record number — died at the border in just the last year, from drowning in the Rio Grande, falling from heights, dehydration or by...

Murdered cartel boss 'El Fatal' buried with hundreds of guns to protect him 'in the afterlife'

An alleged Ecuadorian drug cartel leader was buried alongside hundreds of pistols, shotguns, rifles, and other weapons after he and his daughter were shot dead inside a car wash.

Cartels sending migrant mobs of thousands to overwhelm the US border

Across the US' southern border, mobs of migrants numbering in the thousands rushed the international boundary at the direction of cartels, law enforcement sources tell The Post.

El Chapo's wife parties at LA club days after release from prison

"As soon as I get out I’m going straight to FARALLON," the club captioned the post of Coronel on the red carpet.

Son of ‘El Chapo’ extradited to US — days after cartel leader's wife was released from prison

Mexican security forces captured Guzmán López, alias “the Mouse,” in January in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa state, the cartel’s namesake.

El Chapo's wife walks free after less than two years over gang charges

Emma Coronel Aispuro was released Wednesday from a half-way home in Los Angeles after serving less than two years of her three-year sentence for her role in her husband— Joaquín...

Drug kingpin El Chapo's wife set to be released, say US authorities

Emma Coronel, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, will be freed in Los Angeles on Wednesday following her arrest in 2021 on drug trafficking charges,...

'Sadistic' welder learns sentence after torturing man with blowtorch, raping woman over stolen cartel drugs

Nebraska welder, Tanner Danielson, 31, was sentenced to up to 90 years in prison after he tortured a man with a blowtorch and hung him on a forklift, and raped...

US consulate staff ordered to 'shelter in place' as drug violence rages in Mexican border town

US consulate officials in the Mexican border town of Matamoros were ordered  to “shelter in place” Monday as gun violence linked to drug cartels rages around them.

Migrant smugglers promoting easy border crossings on social media during crisis

Human smugglers are openly boasting on social media how easy it is to sneak migrants into the United States, video obtained by The Post shows.

Father of murdered Mexican cartel victim says charred remains don't belong to students: 'Not our children'

"They [the authorities] showed us photographs of four burned out bodies, but none of them are our sons," Martinez said.

DeSantis vows to leave cartel members 'stone cold dead' if they try to cross border

DeSantis -- who launched his 2024 bid in May -- vowed to use deadly force against suspected drug traffickers during an interview with conservative radio talk show host Erick Erickson...

5 young men lured by fake job offer brutally murdered by Mexican drug cartel on camera: report

Five young men, whose ages ranged between 19 and 22, were all students and friends seeking employment when they were brutally murdered by a Mexican drug cartel on video.

Bodybuilder livestreams execution of ex-wife before going on shooting rampage: 'Are you watching?'

"Here, watch the murder live now, nice and easy ... Are you watching?" Nermin Sulejmanovic said in the livestream.

Armed men believed to be Mexican cartel members wearing body armor spotted crossing southern border into Texas 

A trio of armed men were seen crossing the southern border into Texas on Saturday in what is believed to be the latest incident of suspected Mexican cartel members making...

Colombian drug lord 'more prolific' than Pablo Escobar sentenced to 45 years in prison -- ordered to pay $216M

A Brooklyn judge called a notorious and violent Colombian drug lord "more prolific than Pablo Escobar" as she sentenced him to 45 years behind bars.