Eighty percent of weapons seized from Mexican cartels originate from the United States, smuggled across the border to supply major drug trafficking organizations.
DePetris: How El Mencho's death in Mexico could make drug cartel violence worse
El Mencho's killing represents Mexico's biggest security victory since capturing El Chapo, but his death may paradoxically worsen narcotrafficking violence through cartel fragmentation and succession conflicts.
Following the trail of El Mencho's last battle in Tapalpa
Mexican army killed El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, at a luxury cabin complex in Tapalpa after a firefight where he fled into the forest and was mortally wounded.
Washington links the Jensen family to the CJNG leadership in charge of fuel theft
Members of the Jensen family are accused of smuggling thousands of stolen Pemex crude shipments into the U.S., generating about $300 million in alleged profits.