Drug Trafficking

The assessment by Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw came during a House Homeland Security and Public Safety meeting in Brownsville,…

The life sentence of former Presidio County Sheriff Rick Thompson for a federal drug trafficking conviction has been reduced to 30 years. The iconic…

The Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General is out with harsh words for the agency's eight-year-old border drone program, saying unmanned air…

CHALCHUAPA, El Salvador — The once-staggering number of Central American child migrants crossing the border has slowed dramatically in recent months. But…

LA JOYA, Texas — The National Guard is now descending on the South Texas border. It’s part of a law enforcement surge called Operation Strong Safety.…

Independent investigative reporter Jason McGahan has written extensively on organized crime and drug trafficking and drug trafficking both in Mexico and…

On Feb. 22 the world’s most wanted drug trafficker — Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, known as "El Chapo," or "Shorty"— was captured…