$1M in stolen cars found in chop shop busts in N. Harris County, may be connected to cartel
A long-term auto-theft investigation by the Harris County Sheriffโs Office has led to the discovery of three chop shops in northwest Harris County that have possible ties to a cartel, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
Former high-ranking Z-43 cartel member pleads guilty to trafficking tons of cocaine into US; facing life in prison
A former high-ranking member of the Los Zetas cartel has entered a guilty plea to a conspiracy to import tons of cocaine into the United States, the United States Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Drug trafficker who had possession of rocket launcher, grenades and ammo earmarked for Mexican cartel sentenced
A 42-year-old man in Houston has been ordered to federal prison for drug trafficking and unlawfully possessing a rocket launcher, rocket-propelled grenades, guns and ammunition, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
At cartel extermination site; Mexico nears 100k missing
For the investigators, the human foot -- burned, but with some fabric still attached -- was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexicoโs missing were obliterated.