The conservative Republican lawmaker — who supports ‘declaring war on the cartels’ — assures EL PAÍS that he is willing to meet with the president of Mexico and move past the verbal dispute that the two men have been engaged in for several months
In an exclusive for EL PAÍS, the FBI details how it recovered a nearly 500-year-old document, which will return to Mexico this month after its disappearance three decades ago
The story of Mexican drug trafficker Eleazar Medina Rojas is one of murder, fake identities, legal scandals and a nearly two-decade struggle to bring him to justice
Mexican drug traffickers, suppliers in China and consumers in the US are the principal actors in the fentanyl supply chain. According to several studies, Bitcoin is the most common form of payment for illicit transactions, which have skyrocketed in recent years
Beijing condemns the inclusion of 17 Chinese companies and individuals in the Treasury Department’s ‘blacklist’ through the US Embassy in Mexico, one day after López Obrador called for a ‘truce’
The Mexican President announces that he will send another letter to the Government of Xi Jinping and will ask him to prevent the shipment of substances to the country, following the arrival of a container at the port of Lazaro Cardenas
A lawyer for the Guzmán family shared a statement with Mexican television in which the heirs of ‘El Chapo’ claim they are ‘victims of persecution’ because of their notorious father
A day after hosting Joe Biden’s homeland security advisor, the Mexican president again ratcheted up tensions by accusing Washington of meddling in his country’s affairs
Anne Milgram said the criminal organization was operating in more than 40 countries, and had become more ‘ruthless’ since it was taken over by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
The judicial crackdown against relatives, old partners and informants has been decisive in detaining top members of the Sinaloa Cartel. The evidence collected will be key to putting the capo’s heirs on trial
José Wilfredo Ayala, second-in-command of the notorious MS-13 criminal organization and one the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, faces multiple charges in New York
The conservative political establishment in the United States has capitalized on a massive public health crisis, betting on the demonization of Mexico as a strategy to win the 2024 presidential and legislative elections
Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard traveled to DC to mobilize consuls against the Republican strategy of blaming southern neighbor for America’s fentanyl crisis
Attempts by the ‘hawks’ to brand drug cartels as terrorist groups and launch military operations on Mexican soil contrast with the intensification of bilateral meetings between the two governments to tackle the fentanyl crisis
The trial of former president Felipe Calderón’s secretary of public security demolishes the myth of the super-policeman who took on the cartels and reveals him to be the partner of the criminals he promised to fight
The New York jury reached a unanimous verdict on the five crimes charged against the former secretary of public security of Mexico during the government of Felipe Calderón
Jesús ‘Rey’ Zambada testified to handing over millions of dollars to the former Mexico security chief, who has elected not take the stand during his New York trial
The judicial process against the former head of Mexican public security has seen several high-ranking narcos reveal the horrors and excesses of the war on drugs
The Mexican government has filed a suit in Florida accusing the former security official of diverting over $750 million in public funds, while a NY court is trying him for allegedly taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel