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Mexican officials say two of the four Americans kidnapped last week are dead. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca has more, and then CBS News senior White House and political contributor Ed O'Keefe joins with Washington's response.
On Tuesday, Mexican and U.S. officials said two of the four U.S. citizens who went missing have been found dead and two are alive.
The agency says their vehicle was fired on after it entered Matamoros, a city home to warring Gulf drug cartel factions.
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of four Americans who were kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the Mexican border city of Matamoros. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian reports, then CBS News correspondent Enrique Acevedo joined John Dickerson on "Prime Time" with more on the situation.
As the U.S. continues to contend with a surge in accidental opioid deaths among teens -- some teachers are now being educated on the use of Narcan, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses. Christina Ruffini has more.
A U.S. jury has convicted Genaro García Luna of taking massive bribes to protect the drug cartels he was tasked with combating.
The state prosecutor said there was enough evidence to identify about half of the people found in the two graves.
Mayoral candidate Omar Menendez took more than 46% of the vote, just hours after gunmen on motorcycles killed him and one other person.
Agents confiscated more than 100 pounds of precursor chemicals, with some coming from China, during an early morning raid in Tucson, Arizona.
Genaro García Luna faces charges for allegedly accepting millions in bribes from the Sinaloa drug cartel to allow the organization to operate in Mexico.
Media rights activists voiced concern for three journalists feared to have been abducted in an area controlled by drug traffickers.
José Rodolfo Villareal-Hernandez was taken into custody in Mexico City after spending years on the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Just like his father, he is an alleged drug trafficker who was wanted by the United States. Errol Barnett has more.
There are new battles at the U.S.-Mexico border over the most dangerous narcotic law enforcement has ever seen.
Guanajuato has the highest number of homicides of any of Mexico's 32 states.
José Irizarry has admitted that he conspired with Colombian cartels to build a lavish lifestyle of sports cars, jewels and paramours around the world.
Warring cartels are blamed for the roughly 100,000 cases of "desaparecidos," or missing people, in Mexico, and now they're targeting the bereaved mothers.
Approximately 15,000 candy-colored pills were seized in Manhattan, according to the DEA.
Press reports said the broad daylight attack was staged by a gang affiliated with a powerful drug cartel known as Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
U.S. ally Qatar condemns Israel for strikes targeting Hamas leaders in its capital city Doha, calling them "a blatant violation of all international laws and norms."
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is releasing the "Make Our Children Healthy Again" report, which is expected to cover topics close to his MAGA agenda.
Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who led controversial immigration enforcement raids in southern California this summer, has arrived in Chicago.
The Justice Department charged the suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
As he sends more troops to Venezuela's borders amid a standoff with Trump, President Nicolas Maduro says he's also rescheduling Christmas, to defend "the right to happiness."
Students across the country are increasingly struggling to meet proficiency standards in science, math and reading, newly released data shows.
The Asian longhorned tick, which has been spotted in over 20 states, was first identified in the U.S. in New Jersey eight years ago.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said its efforts resulted in more than 600 arrests in operations targeting the Sinaloa drug cartel, which has been labeled a terrorist group.
Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration economic policies are deterring manufacturers from hiring, according to the Center for American Progress.