Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected U.S. sanctions against three Mexican banks over money laundering accusations ...

Mexico City - Soldiers captured on Wednesday one of Mexico's most-wanted drug barons, Hector Beltran Leyva, in a restaurant in a colonial town popular with American tourists and retirees. The man ...

Alfredo Beltran Leyva, 45, alias "El Mochomo," leader of the Beltran Leyva organization, was convicted following an investigation lead by the FBI's El Paso Division as part of an organized ...

A DEA official described Alfredo Beltran Leyva as a "Goliath" among Mexican drug traffickers. Federal judge ordered Beltran Leyva to forfeit $529,200,000. A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Mexican Drug War. The Mexican government has been fighting a war with drug traffickers since December 2006. At the same time, drug cartels have fought ...

Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) – Founded by the four Beltran Leyva brothers, Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo and Hector.Formerly aligned with the Sinaloa cartel. All of the brothers have been killed ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Mexican Drug War. The Mexican government has been fighting a war with drug traffickers since December 2006. At the same time, drug cartels have fought ...

Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) – Founded by the four Beltran Leyva brothers, Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo and Hector.Formerly aligned with the Sinaloa cartel. All of the brothers have been killed ...

February 23, 2016 – Alfredo Beltran Leyva, behind the Beltran Leyva cartel, pleads guilty to participating in an international narcotic trafficking conspiracy before US District Judge Richard Leon.

In 2016, he ordered the torture and execution of his half brother, Ernesto Guzman Hidalgo, the cartel’s head of South American operations and the father-in-law of Alfredo Beltran Leyva, the ...