As the Trump administration expands its presence on the Mexico border, and apparently preps a “soft invasion,” cartels are fighting local battles.

The U.S. military’s growing footprint south of the border is making the outbreak of violence—and the deployment of more ...

WASHINGTON — In recent days, the Trump administration has ramped up CIA surveillance drone flights over Mexico, formally ...

When the presidents of the United States and Mexico brought the two countries back from the edge of a trade war this month, each made commitments to the other ...

Mexican authorities arrested two key Sinaloa Cartel operatives, El 200 and El Güerito, in Culiacán between Wednesday and ...

The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug ...

Can President Donald Trump beat Mexican drug cartels using tactics the United States honed against extremists in the two decades after 9/11? He seems to be betting he can, reportedly expanding CIA ...

The State Department has declared several Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, with Department of Government ...

To better understand the implications of Trump’s early actions, we spoke with WOLA experts John Walsh and Stephanie Brewer.

VANDA FELBAB-BROWN is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Initiative on Nonstate Actors at the Brookings Institution. She ...

Elite U.S. Special Forces soldiers arrived in Mexico this week, ostensibly on a mission to train the country’s armed forces.