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
Experts and local media blame the recent clashes on divisions within the Sinaloa Cartel. At least three people have been reportedly killed
Ken Salazar lowers tone after Mexican president ‘pauses’ relations with America, and assures that concerns expressed by the US do not violate Mexico’s sovereignty
More serious than a complaint but less so than a full break, the Mexican president often resorts to a foreign policy tool that analysts say exists ‘only in his head’ to demonstrate his disagreements with other countries
The 57-year-old drug lord, one of Mexico’s most powerful and feared criminals, walked out of a high-security facility after serving a 21-year sentence and into the custody of immigration officials
Amid tensions over the capture of ‘El Mayo’ and Joaquín Guzmán López, the latest outbreak of violence increases fears of a new ‘Culiacanazo’ in the stronghold of the Sinaloa Cartel
The Attorney General’s Office believes that the alleged release of El Chapo’s son from custody in the United States on July 23 is related to the capture of the drug lord and his brother, Joaquín Guzmán, two days later
Authorities have given credibility to a letter issued by El Mayo regarding his capture on US soil and the murder of elected deputy Héctor Cuén, which has become the main line of investigation in the case
The biography of the former rector of the biggest university in Sinaloa was marked by tragedy, intrigues, and power struggles. The controversy has extended to his murder, with no answers as to who killed him and why