The remains found in the Chihuahua state included some bodies, some complete skeletons and other partial remains, as well as bullet casings.

ABC News just spent two nights with members of one of the largest cartels in Mexico as they explained their operations in a town just across the border from the US.

The order did not list any Mexican cartels by name but said Cabinet secretaries would recommend groups for designation as terrorist organizations in the next 14 days.

Donald Trump returned to the US presidency on January 20 with a flurry of executive orders. This included the designation of criminal gangs and drug cartels operating south of the Mexico border as “foreign terrorist organisations” – a first for a US president. The state department will now decide which groups are added to the list.

Isolating U.S. companies from cartel activities could be almost impossible given that the criminal groups operate in sectors like agriculture and tourism, leaving some American businesses vulnerable to sanctions.

Experts say Trump's executive order is the continuation of an American project that fantasizes Latin American crime.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets, demanding justice for two boys shot and killed in a city shaken by Sinaloa cartel infighting.

President Trump has signed an executive order saying the United States will designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a move that could push a militarized agenda for the border and Latin America.

In the escalating war among rival factions of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán are suspected of ordering the destruction of elaborate mausoleums that belong to rival families,

Seizures like this weaken the financial powers of criminal organizations and disrupt their operations,” he said.

Illegal immigration from Mexico ... solution to cartel violence: a Mexican government strong enough to maintain order and the regular function of government far outside of Mexico City.

The suspects took orders from cartel bosses operating in state prison and preyed on business owners by forcing mafia-style taxes, prosecutors allege