Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said U.S.-Mexico border crossings have fallen “materially” since President Joe Biden signed an executive order limiting migrant asylum claims. Mayorkas told a group of Bloomberg reporters that U.S. border officials are seeing results and recorded 2,600 migrant encounters between ports of entry Sunday, June 16 — a major…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents continue to seize record amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, weapons and ammunition at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona. Trends continued in May of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents bringing drugs into the United States and smuggling weapons into Mexico. In May, Customs and Border Protection agents…

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the country’s violent criminal gangs and drug cartels are “respectful people” who “respect the citizenry.” The president added that they mostly just kill each other. The Mexican president’s claims are at odds with the reality of millions of Mexicans who live in areas dominated by drug cartels and…

Planes and military ships chased down a speedboat off the coast of Colombia on Tuesday, March 26. The speedboat was reportedly carrying 3.7 tons of cocaine, worth an estimated $113 million. The cocaine seizure is reported to be the largest along the Colombian Caribbean Sea this year. The operation to prevent alleged drug smuggling operations…

U.S.-Mexico border security and broader immigration concerns remain key priorities for many Americans following the failure of a bipartisan border reform bill to advance through Congress. Legislators and President Biden blamed the MAGA camp for sabotaging that bill in its final stages, accusing Trump of deliberately sinking the bill so that he could campaign on…

Mexico’s government is being accused of fighting an “imaginary war” against drug cartels that smuggle fentanyl, the drug responsible for the most overdose deaths in the U.S. New data shows Mexico’s army is only raiding a handful of active drug labs each month despite U.S. pressure to ramp up efforts on fentanyl trafficking. The Mexican…

Border agents are being told to take extra precaution after 10 IEDs were confiscated by Mexican authorities following a gang fight that broke out at the border. This warning was first reported by Fox Business, which obtained the safety alert sent out to agents. Drug cartels are fighting to control portions of the border fence that…

The Sinaloa cartel is ordering its members to stop fentanyl production and trafficking in response to increasing U.S. pressure. Non-compliance with this directive carries grave consequences, including abduction or death, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Led by El Chapo’s sons, the Sinaloa cartel issued this order to ease U.S. authorities’ ongoing scrutiny. They…

Near Mexico’s southern border, hundreds of families wait for buses headed north to Mexico City. It’s just one stop on a nearly 1,800-mile migration into the United States. This is a new stop. Buses are available for $80 a ticket to families who may or may not have appointments with immigration officials. Mexican officials opened…

The Justice Department announced indictments against China-based companies and their employees for crimes related to fentanyl. A total of eight companies, along with 12 of their executives, have been charged. The charges include crimes related to the production, distribution and importation of fentanyl, synthetic opioids, methamphetamine and their precursor chemicals. “We know this global fentanyl…