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MEXICO CITY —  In one moment, a column of soldiers and military pickups creeps along a dirt road in western Mexico. In the next, a massive explosion sends debris and a body flying. The ground where a soldier stood seconds earlier is a gaping hole, the aftermath of an improvised land mine planted by one of the region’s warring drug cartels.That soldier was killed and four others were injured in the January explosion, which was captured in a grainy video that circulated on social media. Then last month, four more soldiers…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused President Joe Biden of “running logistics for the cartels” in Mexico. “The very first day Joe Biden came into office, he announced there would be no more deportations . Why would he announce that? He was sending a signal to the cartels to get these people here as fast as they can. He was running logistics for the cartels,” Paxton said Saturday while delivering remarks to the Davis County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day fundraising dinner in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune…

Most remember Griselda Blanco as the “Black Widow,” a ruthless Colombian drug lord whose network flooded Miami with cocaine, brought in $80 million a month nationally, and who’s been personally implicated in a rumored 200 murders. Michael Corleone Blanco, her youngest son raised at the height of her drug-trafficking empire, admits she was a rigid, stern woman he affectionately called cariñosa — an endearing term given to loved ones.   “As a kid, you can’t really comprehend what is wrong, what is right, and what is…

Drug cartels are routinely using online games like 'Grand Theft Auto: Online' and 'World of Warcraft' provide a perfect cover for cartels to discreetly sell drugs or recruit personnel. As a result, some police forces around the world, now have dedicated gaming squads…

Narcotics police the world over are sprucing up their video game skills, as cartels go increasingly online to sell drugs and recruit dealers. "Cartels have been incredibly tech savvy over recent years, reaching vast audiences," Benjamin Shultz, foreign malign influence analyst at Deloitte, told a Council of Europe meeting. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK…

NEW YORK —  A former Mexican presidential Cabinet member was convicted in the U.S. on Tuesday of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating. Under tight security, an anonymous New York federal court jury deliberated three days before reaching a verdict in the drug trafficking case against former Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna. He is the highest-ranking current or former Mexican official ever to be tried in the United States. García Luna, who denied the…