7th Special Forces Group Members Deploy to Mexico To Train Mexican Marine Infantry

7th Special Forces Group Members Deploy to Mexico To Train Mexican Marine Infantry

In a move that underscores both deepening U.S.-Mexico military ties and the high-stakes fight against transnational crime, the 7th Special Forces Group element is heading south to train Mexico’s Marine Infantry—because when it comes to battling cartels, sharpening the tip of the spear is the only way forward.

Here’s how Mexican cartels actually operate in the United States

Here’s how Mexican cartels actually operate in the United States

The Trump administration has zeroed in on the threat of drugs and crime. But the relationship between transnational drug traffickers and gangs in the US is complex and varied. Policies that don’t account for those relationships are likely to fail. President Donald Trump repeatedly referenced the threat of drugs and violence brought to the US […]

Cartel Violence: 250 human skulls found in mass grave in Mexico

Cartel Violence: 250 human skulls found in mass grave in Mexico

A mass grave was recently discovered in the Mexican state of Veracruz containing more than 250 human skulls that all appear to have been the victims of cartel violence in recent years. “For many years, the drug cartels disappeared people and the authorities were complacent,” Jorge Winckler, the state attorney general, said in a television […]

Mexico’s Cartels Are Much More Dangerous To Americans Than ISIS

Mexico’s Cartels Are Much More Dangerous To Americans Than ISIS

Mexico is a place of many rumors and much chisme, or gossip. One of the most frightening rumors you hear these days—especially given the tragic, ISIS-inspired shooting in Orlando—is that members of the so-called Islamic State have infiltrated the cartels, seeking to recruit hardened sicarios, hit men, to their cause.  ISIS’s nefarious motive, naturally, would be to use […]