Mexico sent 26 alleged cartel figures to face justice in the United States because the Trump administration requested them and Mexico did not want them to continue running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons,

Mexico has expelled 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border,

It came amid rising pressure from President Donald Trump on Mexico to dismantle the country's powerful drug organizations.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday denied that her government has any agreement with Washington on a bilateral project to dismantle drug cartels. On Monday, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a "bold bilateral initiative" with Mexico to fight drug cartels,

After the capture of a Sinaloa Cartel boss in El Paso, Texas, social media videos illustrate record levels of violence as Trump eyes military action in the region.

Ernesto Barajas was gunned down in the city of Zapopan, police said. Another man died in the attack and a woman was injured.

The Trump administration secures the extradition of 26 Mexican cartel figures, including a Los Cuinis leader and a suspect in 2008 U.S. deputy murder case.

A popular Mexican musician who sang the praises of drug lords, was shot dead in a parking lot in the west of the country, police said late Tuesday. Ernesto Barajas, a singer with the group Enigma Norteno,

After the capture of a Sinaloa Cartel boss, social media videos illustrate record levels of violence as Trump eyes military action in the region.

A car accident, a series of secret wiretaps, a shootout with police and a drug bust eventually led federal investigators back to cartel leaders in Mexico.