Several soldiers have been killed in similar explosions in the past. Criminal violence, most of it linked to drug trafficking, has claimed around 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left more ...

An average of 328 Mexican drones are coming within 500 meters of the U.S. border every day, raising concerns about the safety ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels are recruiting former Colombian soldiers, prompting Mexican authorities to turn away dozens of Colombians trying to enter the country in ...

Many Colombians say they were tricked into working with the cartels. Freddy, a 46-year-old who did not give his last name for fear of reprisals from a cartel, left the Colombian military at age 32 ...

Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels are ... followed the arrest last week of 12 Colombians in the western state of Michoacan in connection with a mine attack that killed eight Mexican soldiers.