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
The FGR says that no details have been shared to clarify how the Sinaloa Cartel capo came to be handed over to US authorities as it tries to determine if crimes including illegal flight and kidnapping were committed in Mexico
Rubén Rocha Moya, of the ruling PRI party, justified his absence on the day of the murder of opposition leader Héctor Cuén and the capture of Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López with a vacation in Los Angeles
The Sinaloa Cartel leader has taken control of narrative over his arrest after claiming that he was going to meet with Governor Rubén Rocha and linking his detention to the murder of Héctor Cuén, an influential local politician
The message Washington is sending with the arrest of the drug lord and the suspicion of an extraterritorial operation fuels distrust between the security agencies of both countries
López Obrador said that the pilot initially linked to the case did not participate in the arrest of El Mayo Zambada, and has called for an end to the speculation while the U.S. government prepares to release of the full report on what happened
The arrest of the co-founder of the powerful criminal organization in the US opens up several possible scenarios: wars of succession, changes in the criminal structure, and confrontation with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The founder of the Sinaloa Cartel returns to a Texas court, accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and at least four murders related to his criminal activities. The prosecution is asking the judge for more time and for the case to be recognized as ‘unusual and complex’
Jeffrey Lichtman, who also defended Joaquín Guzmán Loera in 2018, has waded into a war of contradictory public statements regarding the recent arrest of the leaders of Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa Cartel
Details over the arrests of the historic leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and one of the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán remain shrouded in mystery
Firsthand witnesses and relatives of victims speak of hours of anguish following the collapse of a stage at a rally featuring Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez. At least nine people are dead and 189 injured
The latest annual report from the anti-narcotics agency warns that the two criminal groups ‘have effectively eliminated any competition’ and already have a presence in all 50 states of the country
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred