Mexican woman charged in US with supplying arms to ‘terrorist’ drug cartel

<p>María Del Rosario Navarro, 39, accused of conspiring to provide material support to Jalisco New Generation cartel</p><p>A 39-year-old woman has become the first <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/mexico">Mexican</a> national to be indicted in the United States on charges of providing material support to a cartel designated as a foreign terrorist organization, according to the US Department of Justice.</p><p>María Del Rosario Navarro is accused of conspiring with others to provide grenades to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/jalisco-cartel-mexico-rise-guadalajara">Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG)</a>, a powerful Mexican crime faction that the US in February <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/us-mexico-cartels-terrorism">designated as a terrorist organization</a> alongside other criminal groups across Latin America.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/16/mexican-woman-drug-cartel-weapons-charges">Continue reading...</a>