The California prison gang is linked to drug trafficking, weapons crimes and violent offenses across at least 13 states.

Fifteen police officers were killed in a gang ambush in western Mexico, an official said, marking the deadliest day in recent years for security forces battling the drug war. Five more officers were ...

APASEO EL ALTO, Mexico (Reuters) - After her husband was shot dead while running for mayor of Apaseo el Alto in central Mexico in 2018, Maria del Carmen Ortiz took over his campaign and, pushing ...

Violent clashes between armed gangs and Mexico's security forces killed 22 people Tuesday, marking a surge of violence in the country where the president is testing a new security strategy. Shootouts ...

More than a dozen people were arrested in a gang sweep Wednesday in the San Gabriel Valley on suspicion of drug trafficking, kidnapping, selling weapons and more. A combination of local law ...

Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says ...

When a gang threatened to kill Rocio, her husband and their two small children, they fled their native Honduras, hoping for asylum in the United States. Now they are stuck in Mexico, too scared to ...

TAPACHULA, Mexico, Oct 23 (UNHCR) - Alfonso*, his wife and their three children live in just one sweltering room in southern Mexico, the large sewing machine in the middle of the floor a reminder of ...

MEXICO CITY - A senior member of Mexican President Vicente Fox's staff has been arrested over possible links with drug-trafficking gangs, Mexican media reported today. Nahum Acosta, a senior member of ...

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ — Mexican authorities arrested a suspected leader of the powerful Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) on Saturday in the southern border state of Chiapas, the public ...