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Mexican president says Mexico safer than US [ad_1] Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Mexico will not respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of coercive tariffs with desperation, but instead push for dialogue, during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Friday, May 31, 2019. (Ginnette Riquelme/Online News 72h) Mexican president says Mexico safer than US Brady Knox March 13, 04:51 PM March 13, 04:51 PM Video Embed M exican President Andres Manu...

Cartel attack on US citizens at Mexico border too close to home, say Texas Republicans [ad_1] A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas, Friday, March 3, 2023. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the four Americans were going to buy medicine and were caught in the crossfire between two armed groups after they had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. (Online News 72h Photo) STR/Online News 72h Cartel attack on US citizens at Mexico border too close to home, say Texas Republicans ...

White House brushes off call for military response to cartel violence [ad_1] White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 3, 2023. (Online News 72h Photo/Susan Walsh) Susan Walsh/Online News 72h White House brushes off call for military response to cartel violence Katherine Doyle March 07, 03:43 PM March 07, 03:43 PM Video Embed The White House brushed off calls for a military response to cartel violence in Mexico following an incid...

DEA and Arizona officials seize 4.5M fentanyl pills, over 3,000 pounds of meth in bust [ad_1] This photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows some of the 30,000 fentanyl pills the agency seized in one of its bigger busts, in Tempe, Ariz., in August, 2017. The picture shows just one of four plastic containers that were stuffed with the tablets. The Southwest, and Arizona in particular, has become Ground Zero in the nation's fentanyl crisis with plenty of pills and powder staying behind after the drug is repackaged and sent on to New York and other U.S. destinations. Stamped with "M" and "30" like the pain medication oxycodone, the fentanyl-laced pills showed up in recent years as the Sinaloa cartel's newest product. (Drug Enforcement Administration via O...

Drones credited with catching 50,000 illegal entries at border [ad_1] Drones credited with catching 50,000 illegal entries at border Anna Giaritelli December 18, 04:00 AM December 18, 04:00 AM Video Embed The Border Patrol credited its eyes in the sky for leading agents to more than 50,000 immigrants who illegally crossed the border in the government’s most recent fiscal year. In the government’s fiscal 2022 year, which ended Sept. 30, Border Patrol reported that 51,248 apprehensions of illegal immigrants were the direct result of using drones. Drone...