Overview

• The U.S. Department of Justice has formally indicted Luis Enrique “El Güicho” Barragán Chávez and Alfonso Fernández Magallón on drug-trafficking conspiracy and weapons charges, offering $3 million and $5 million bounties for their capture.
• A February State Department designation labeled Cárteles Unidos, including its Cártel de Los Reyes cell, as a transnational terrorist organization, unlocking sanctions and extradition tools.
• Mexico’s Secretariat of Security reports 214 alleged extortionists arrested in Quintana Roo under its National Anti-Extortion Strategy, along with the seizure of over 1,300 kg of narcotics and nearly 300 firearms.
• Carlos Alberto Treviño Medina was detained in the U.S. under contested grounds, with Mexico’s FGR confirming an outstanding arrest warrant while his defense insists the hold stems from a migration issue tied to an asylum request.
• Argentina’s main opposition blocs have summoned a special session of the Chamber of Deputies for August 20 to seek rejection of President Javier Milei’s vetoes on pension, disability and budget laws.