DOJ announces criminal charges against five United Cartels leaders with $26 million rewards offered for arrests in international drug trafficking case.

A car accident, a series of secret wiretaps, a shootout with police and a drug bust eventually led federal investigators back to cartel leaders in Mexico.

A US drone that surveilled a México state cartel stronghold was requested by the Mexican government, the federal security minister said.

A car crash in a small Tennessee town ultimately led to the five Mexican cartel leaders being hit with federal charges, and the DOJ offering up to $26 million for their arrests.

Twenty-six alleged cartel members are now in U.S. custody after Mexico extradited them to face charges ranging from drug trafficking to violent crimes. Trump has repeatedly called the flow of fentanyl and other drugs across the southern border a national emergency.

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug trafficking cartel to scam elderly Americans in a multimillion-dollar timeshare fraud.

The U.S. government imposed sanctions on Wednesday on individuals and companies based in or near Puerto Vallarta accused of running timeshare fraud schemes on behalf of Mexico-based Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Trump is eager to breach Mexico’s sovereignty to attack cartels, officials say — just don’t call it an invasion