The arrested person was identified as Edwin Antonio "N", a local leader of the Sinaloa Cartel faction led by its legendary co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

Rev. Marcelo Pérez was shot dead by two gunmen when he was in his van, just after he had finished celebrating Mass, the state prosecutors' office said.

Amid intensifying inter-cartel violence in Mexico, a shootout in Sinaloa state killed 19 suspected gang members while one local cartel leader was arrested, according to the defense ministry

CULIACÁN: Mexican troops shot dead 19 suspected members of the Sinaloa cartel after they came under attack in the northwestern state, the ministry of defense said Tuesday.

Cellphone chats have become death sentences in the continuing, bloody factional war inside the Sinaloa drug cartel.

Gunmen in Mexico have shot dead a Catholic priest who was an outspoken advocate for indigenous rights and who had condemned the violence plaguing his community. Father Marcelo Pérez was killed after celebrating Mass in the southern state of Chiapas on Sunday,

Dramatic scenes unfolded after a mass in Mexico, where drug cartels murdered Father Marcelo Perez. The Jesuit was known for combating violence and drug addiction. This brutal crime was condemned by the country's president,