For nearly two centuries, the Knights Templar plundered the vast riches of the Near East while marching under the banner of Christ in the Crusades.

The Knights Templar, a splinter group from the Familia Michoacana, has never been a friend to the Zetas. A banner distributed by the Knights Templar throughout Michaocan in 2011 offered a reward for ...

The Knights Templar were tasked with protecting Christian pilgrims following the First Crusade, but soon gained vast amounts of military and financial power.

Like La Familia, Knights Templar claims to be highly religious, but unlike La Familia, the new cartel has sought to distribute its teachings to the general public with kitschy posters, banners ...

In 1302, the island of Arwad, off the coast of Syria, fell to Mamluk forces. The Templar garrison died in the assault. The Templar had lost their last stronghold in the Holy Land, and while the other ...

The power of the Knights Templar grew exponentially in 1139 and spread well beyond Jerusalem, when Pope Innocent II issued a Papal Bull that gave the order extraordinary protections, including an ...

The Knights Templar appear to have evolved from a mere spliter group of the Familia Michoacana to assuming control of the latter’s powerhouse in Michoacan, paying for community works and effectively ...

Intriguingly, the first arrests of the Knights Templar occurred on Friday, Oct. 13, 1307, per GQ, which is perhaps one of the reasons many people associate Friday the 13th with bad luck.

The Knights Templar feature prominently in Dan Brown’s bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” and videogame “Assassins Creed,” but now British historian Dan Jones gives them standalone treatment ...

The power of the Knights Templar grew exponentially in 1139 and spread well beyond Jerusalem, when Pope Innocent II issued a Papal Bull that gave the order extraordinary protections, including an ...