Business groups in Ciudad Juárez, México, are asking the United Nations to send peacekeeping troops, arguing the 5,000 Mexican troops stationed there are "not enough."

Over 300 alleged members of the "La Familia" Mexican drug cartel have been arrested in raids conducted throughout 19 U.S. states, according to Attorney General Eric Holder.

There's a drug war in Puerto Rico: at least 619 people have been killed in drug-related murders this year, surpassing 2008, which was previously the bloodiest year in the island's drug war. (via Foreign Policy)

Federal authorities in México have shut down 10 drug rehabilitation clinics in Ciudad Juárez after 28 people were killed in two separate incidents this month. Ciudad Juarez spokesman Sergio Belmonte: "They are recruitment centers, because their most faithful soldiers are the addicts."

At least 18 people were killed at a drug treatment clinic in Ciudad Juárez, México after armed men stormed in and opened fire. Law enforcement officials say the gunmen were most likely targeting members of rival drug cartels who were in hiding.

The U.S. State Department is offering a $50 million reward for the capture of leaders from México's powerful Gulf Cartel. (via Foreign Policy)

The Mexican government has rejected an offer of a "national peace pact" from a man claiming to be the leader of the powerful "La Familia" drug cartel. Interior Minister Fernando Gomez Mont: "We will not give in to blackmail."

Twelve Mexican federal agents were found tortured and killed in Morelia, México. The murders are believed to be revenge for the recent arrest of Arnoldo Rueda Medina, one of the leaders of the "La Familia" cartel.

Narcocorrido singer El Halcón De La Sierra, aka Fabian Ortega, was detained in Ensenada alongside Tijuana-based Arellano Felix cartel operatives.

Mexican law enforcement officials have detained nearly 100 Mexico City police officers who allegedly protected and cooperated with the Los Zetas death squad.