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New White House drug control strategy mentions Mexico over 30 times as cartel fight tests US.-Mexico relations

The White House's 2026 National Drug Control Strategy places Mexico at the center of President Donald Trump's fight against fentanyl, mentioning Mexico or Mexican actors more than 30 times in a ...
KOB 4

4 Investigates: New Mexico’s militarized southern border

The New Mexico National Defense Area was established on April 15, 2025, by President Donald Trump. Almost two months later, there is still widespread confusion about the boundaries of the 170-mile ...
New York Post

Trump deploys 1,115 additional troops to US-Mexico border, bringing total to nearly 10K service members

The Trump administration approved an additional 1,115 service members for deployment to the southern border Thursday as part of President Trump’s mission to seal off the US-Mexico boundary. The latest ...

US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say

Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an ...
Phys.org

Mexico's cartels use violence against women as a means of social control

Mexico's drug cartels are often described as powerful rivals to the state, with their influence measured in weapons, money and murdered officials. But this framing misses a fundamental truth.
Military Times

A war zone, minus the war: One year later, has the military really secured the US-Mexico border?

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, and The Border Chronicle, which produces independent ...