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Illustration on the dangers coming from Mexican drug cartels by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. must exercise all its authority to bring Mexican cartels to heel

By Jim Crotty

In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture in the beach resort town of Mazatlan, Mexico. The Mexican drug kingpin, who was convicted in a New York federal court in February 2019 on multiple conspiracy counts in an epic drug-trafficking case, was sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexican president says he’ll consider ‘El Chapo’ request

Associated Press

In this Jan 3, 2020 file courtroom sketch, defense attorney Cesar de Castro, left, Mexico's former top security official, Genaro Garcia Luna, center, and a court interpreter, appear for an arraignment hearing in Brooklyn federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2020. The former top security official is scheduled to go on trial Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, on charges he accepted millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for helping the powerful Sinaloa Cartel move drugs and its members avoid capture. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File)

U.S. drug trial opens for Mexico ex-security head

By Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

Police car. Photo credit: zef art via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

Woman finds two people in car trunk after driving from Mexico to San Diego

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Biden and illegal immigration at southern border Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s border baloney

By Jed Babbin

Illustration on fentanyl and the southern border by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s border debacle is killing young Americans

By Joseph Curl

President Joe Biden talks with U.S. Border Patrol agents as they stand along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso Texas, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden flies in to Lopez Obrador’s new airport for summit

By Colleen Long and Maria Verza - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center left, speaks during a meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden kicks off North America summit with a call to protect democracies in Western Hemisphere

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, center, walks with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, to a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Expanding the U.S.-Canada-Mexico economic relationship in the face of a looming global recession is a central focus of President Biden's meeting Monday, Jan. 9 with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts — a summit of three leaders overseeing the world's single most powerful free trade alliance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Economic expansion tops agenda for three North American leaders

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Migrants use their phones inside an idle city bus in their attempt to stay warm while camping outside the Sacred Heart Church in downtown El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Around 300 migrants have taken refuge on sidewalks, some of them afraid to seek more formal shelters, amid new restrictions meant to crack down on illegal border crossings. President Joe Biden will visit El Paso on Sunday on his first, politically thorny visit to the southern border. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Biden to get a firsthand look at U.S.-Mexico border situation

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris stands at left. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Cubans crossing into U.S. stunned to hear of new asylum limits

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

A truck burns on a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in a pre-dawn operation Thursday that set off gunfights and roadblocks across the western state’s capital. (AP Photo/Martin Urista) **FILE**

Violence hits Mexico cartel stronghold as ‘Chapo’ son nabbed

By Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza - Associated Press

This Oct. 17, 2019 frame grab from video provided by the Mexican government shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez at the moment of his detention, in Culiacan, Mexico. Mexican security forces were forced to release the son of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman that day after his gunmen shot up the western city of Culiacan. (CEPROPIE via AP File)

Mexico captures son of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ before Biden visit

By Maria Verza and Christopher Sherman - Associated Press

President Joe Biden pauses while speaking about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s border blather is too little, too late

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden arrives to speak about his infrastructure agenda under the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Covington, Ky. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden intends to make his first visit to U.S.-Mexico border

By Seung Min Kim and Colleen Long - Associated Press

Migrants wait inside a local's home they are paying to stay in while waiting on the Mexican immigration office to accept their application for legal migration documents and give them "safe passage" permits in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. A local taxi driver rents out space to migrants looking for lodging, for 100 pesos, or about $5 dollars a night. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Thriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing Mexico

By Edgar H. Clemente and Maria Verza - Associated Press

A young migrant stands by a fence at an entry point for asylum seekers Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. Thousands of migrants gathered along the Mexican side of the southern border Wednesday, camping outside or packing into shelters as they waited for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether and when to lift pandemic-era restrictions that have prevented many from seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Mexico draws more asylum-seekers despite grisly violence

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Venezuelan migrants play soccer at a makeshift campson a river bank in Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Migrants near U.S. border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

By Morgan Lee and Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Migrants gather near a camp fire near the U.S.-Mexico border as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary order to keep pandemic-era limits on asylum-seekers in place, though it could be brief, as conservative-leaning states push to maintain a measure that allows officials to expel many but not all asylum-seekers. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Tens of thousands at U.S.-Mexico border wait for limits to end

By Morgan Lee and Giovanna Dell'Orto and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Sept. 6, 2022, in Washington. Biden is expected to discuss the prospect of another campaign with those closest to him when he departs Washington for a Christmas vacation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden to meet with Mexican, Canadian leaders next month

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times