Americans seeking a reprieve from blistering winter blues should stay alert as safety warnings grow amid a surge in murders in Mexico, an expert warns. Former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Michael Brown,

Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero appeared before a judge in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon, pleading not guilty to charges related to his involvement in the decades-old killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.

Camarena, then 37 years old, was surrounded by five armed men who threw him into a car and sped away, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. He had been due to transfer back to the U.S. just three weeks later,

People who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without permission could now find themselves on a terrorism watch list, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Eight drug cartels, six of which are based in Mexico,

Mexico extradited cartel members to the U.S., including a cartel boss complicit in the murder and torture of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent in 1985.

Pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be working. The Mexican government is cracking down on cartels.

Rafael Caro Quintero was arraigned on multiple drug and weapons offenses in Brooklyn federal court following his extradition Thursday to the U.S. from Mexico.

Trump had threatened to impose tariffs in February before suspending them when Mexico sent troops to the border to crack down on drug trafficking and illegal immigration.

The Mexican government seized nearly $40 million worth of methamphetamine amid pressure from Donald Trump to take more action to

The move by Mexico to allow the transfer of Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States signaled a potentially new era of cooperation in the drug war.

“The president is thinking right now how he wants to play it with Canada and Mexico, and that is a fluid situation,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Fox news on Sunday. “There are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada. Exactly what they are, we’re going to leave that for the president and his team to negotiate.”