Mexico cartel corruption reaches state police, a general, and a governor, following the murder of a mayor who dared to speak out. See why Mexico still leads the world in violent cities, and why the president's own words about war and law raise hard questions that Washington and Mexican citizens alike are asking today.
Eight bodies were found stuffed in plastic bags in Ecuador on June 3, 2026 — including two minors who were farmers. Ecuador's homicide rate hit 50.9 per 100,000 in 2025, the highest in South America. US commandos are already on the ground. The Ecuador gang wars are now a hemispheric crisis.
Guatemala cartels strikes are now official as President Arévalo agrees to joint U.S. military operations against drug trafficking networks. Trump's Shield of the Americas is expanding fast. From fentanyl deaths to cartel terrorism, this is America First in action across Latin America right now.
USMCA Mexico talks launch today as the US schedules three bilateral negotiating rounds with Mexico — while Canada is explicitly excluded. Fentanyl down 49%, deficit at $196.9B, and China using Mexico as a backdoor. Carney chose Europe. Mexico chose the table. The hemisphere is choosing sides.
A retired Mexican Army general now sits in a U.S. federal prison — the same block as El Mayo and Maduro. The Sinaloa cartel crackdown is climbing fast. CIA operations, $100,000 monthly bribes, and ten indicted Mexican officials tell one story: Trump is doing what Biden never did. Maximum pressure produces results.
The CIA covert op in Mexico eliminated Sinaloa Cartel operative Francisco "El Payin" Beltran with a car bomb on March 28, 2026. When Mexico won't fight the cartels — and her own governor is indicted for cartel ties — America has both the right and the duty to act. This is what Peace Through Strength looks like.
U.S. prosecutors indicted Sinaloa Governor Rocha Moya and nine officials for allegedly protecting the Sinaloa Cartel — stealing ballots, bribing officials, and flooding America with fentanyl. Both the governor and Culiacán's mayor stepped down. Mexico calls the evidence "insufficient." American families call it a crisis.
