Elías Camhaji

The retired colonel’s tenure as ambassador to El Salvador lasted less than two years, but it was enough for him to forge a personal friendship with President Nayib Bukele. During the country’s civil war in the 1980s, he led combat and counterinsurgency operations

The music promoter, linked to artists such as Gerardo Ortiz and Julión Álvarez, was gunned down in one of the most luxurious areas of Mexico City. The US had pursued him for years for alleged links to drug trafficking

Authorities signal that the war in the drug cartel’s stronghold is at the top of their list of priorities, in a double attempt to appease Trump and silence internal criticism of their strategy against organized crime

The White House has set a price on the capture of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, offering more than the reward for Los Chapitos and the same amount it would pay for Nicolás Maduro

Secretary of Security Omar Hamid García Harfuch ruled out a car bomb and says the incident in Culiacán was caused by a ‘drone-type device’

The latest wave of US sanctions reveals how the maritime border has become one of the most lucrative terrains for organized crime, which is negatively impacting the ecosystem and the survival of marine species

The president has activated her Cabinet, marking territory on one of the crucial fronts of the bilateral relationship and sending messages that challenge the Republican’s proposal to deport a million people each year

The Bonques Brothers, key operators of the cartel in the state of Nayarit, will lose access to bank accounts in the international financial system. The move is part of Washington’s fight against fentanyl trafficking from Mexico

Weeks before leaving office, the U.S. ambassador accuses López Obrador of closing the door to collaboration with Washington

The battle between El Mayo and Los Chapitos has resulted in over 300 murders and hundreds of forced disappearances, but the effects go beyond the visible: the lasting scars on mental health after two months of unrelenting violence

The barbarity of recent weeks has reignited the debate on the use of terror by criminal groups, but its implications also cross over issues such as migration, trade, and the US presidential election

Ambassador Salazar rebuffs complaints from Sheinbaum’s administration regarding Washington’s lack of transparency on Zambada’s capture, presenting a detailed timeline of high-level communications

Since January, the notorious drug trafficker has taken on his own defense, despite not speaking or writing in English, as he navigates his new life behind bars. He has requested more visits with his wife, Emma Coronel, and demanded a retrial

With more than four decades of experience, she has published a retrospective of the legal cases that have marked American society: from Donald Trump to ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán

Guanajuato, the state with the highest homicide rate, saw two explosions in Acámbaro and Jerécuaro — a tactic that’s been used before in the spiral of violent crime affecting the region

The National Defense Secretariat confirms the blow to the La Mayiza structure, dealt in a pitched battle against dozens of hitmen loyal to the cartel leader in a rural area of Culiacán

Jeffrey Lichtman speaks out at El Ratón’s first appearance in Chicago following El Mayo’s capture; both brothers are set to appear at a joint hearing on January 7

Co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel is set to appear before Brian Cogan in a Brooklyn court, opening a new chapter in the judicial offensive against Mexican cartels

Convicted last year of collaborating for two decades with the Sinaloa Cartel, he learned his fate in the same court and before the same judge who convicted El Chapo. In a statement, he insisted on presenting himself as a victim

Judge Brian Cogan has moved Ismael Zambada’s next hearing up to October 17, one day after he sentences the former drug czar, who was convicted of accepting bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel

The president-elect says in a statement that ‘Mexico and Spain share a solid relationship of friendship,’ but adds that ‘it would benefit from a renewed perspective’

The biggest fracture within the Sinaloa Cartel in more than a decade is causing panic in the state

Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for former Mexican drug czar Genaro García Luna, hours after Mexico’s president said Washington is ‘ jointly responsible’ for the violence that has broken out in Sinaloa

Residents of the Mexican city of Culiacán tell EL PAÍS about the days of fear and uncertainty triggered by the fracture within the Sinaloa Cartel, which has left a trail of murders, disappearances and blockades

The Mexican drug trafficker is scheduled to attend the same court where El Chapo was tried and convicted. U.S. Authorities have called him ‘a danger to the community’ and are calling for heightened security measures to stop him from escaping

Mexican President López Obrador acknowledges that people are scared about the clashes between El Mayo and Los Chapitos, but insists that the government has deployed enough security forces to control the situation