ABC News just spent two nights with members of one of the largest cartels in Mexico as they explained their operations in a town just across the border from the US.

President Sheinbaum, having previously spoken against American intervention in battle against the crime lords, is changing her tune.

President Trump has cited illegal flows of fentanyl and migrants as the main reasons for a planned 25% tariff on Mexican goods.

According to reports, there were no injuries in the incident near Fronton Island, an uninhabited island in Starr County, Texas.

The remains found in the Chihuahua state included some bodies, some complete skeletons and other partial remains, as well as bullet casings.

A video released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shows a group of men running for cover after illegal activity is halted.

It is difficult to determine how these heterogeneous crime groups target the United States, but Mexican authorities need to respond to what might be called domestic terrorism.

Seizures like this weaken the financial powers of criminal organizations and disrupt their operations,” he said.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday saying the United States would designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in a move that could push a militarized agenda for the border and Latin America.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, has called an emergency meeting as Donald Trump brought in an executive order deeming cartels terrorist organisations

A Sinaloa cartel member arrested by ICE in El Paso, Texas, was found with multiple weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition, sources say.

The full implications of designating the cartels as terrorist organizations will depend, in large part, to how the administration follows through.