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
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
The victims have been identified as Alejandro Hernández Fuentes and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera. Four other Hispanic workers are still missing, but U.S. authorities said it is no longer safe for divers to continue searching the accident area
A new publication about the alleged links between drug traffickers and the president’s inner circle has, once again, strained the bilateral relationship. According to experts, this is a strategy by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to attack the Mexican president
The White House insists that it has a good relationship with Mexico’s government, after ‘The New York Times’ published a report based on DEA probes into whether drug traffickers contributed money to the president’s campaign
A former Barrio 18 gang leader swindled a high-ranking police chief in a fake plot to have a Mexican drug cartel abduct Elmer Canales Rivera, alias ‘Crook,’ according to an investigation by ‘El Faro’
Three members of the Northeast Cartel have pled guilty to human trafficking on the border between Mexico and the United States. The case has shone a light on how criminals recruit clients and victims via social media
The attorney talks about this week’s historic ruling, the next stage of the legal battle and how the elections on both sides of the border could affect the case
In a historic ruling, a three-judge panel reversed the decision of a Massachusetts court to dismiss the claim against some of the heavyweights of America’s arms industry
The 71-year-old drug trafficker, who for years worked under the protection of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison in the US
The last candidate to join the presidential race has arrived with the advantage of being a little-known face. But he has room to become an uncomfortable rival
The authorities claim that 195 bullets were fired from seven different weapons. They are now targeting ‘a group of people that operates’ on the borders between the Mexican states of Guanajuato and Michoacán
Caught between drug violence and the devastating effects of insatiable demand, the southern border clings to naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses stemming from opioids. But while it’s saving lives in the United States, it’s virtually impossible to find in Mexico
Lawyers for the former Mexican official, imprisoned in the U.S. for drug trafficking and organized crime, say they have new evidence that exonerates their client
The far-right politician — who is competing in a runoff election this Sunday — copied entire fragments of an academic article that came out six years before he published his book ‘Pandenomics.’ This is according to court documents to which EL PAÍS has had access
The Mexican president is due to hold bilateral meetings with the presidents of China, Japan the United States, and Canada. Migration and fentanyl are expected to be on the agenda when he sits down with Joe Biden and Xi Jinping
The announcement of 20 new miles of fencing comes as Blinken and Mayorkas visit the country, and increases pressure on the U.S. president ahead of the 2024 elections.
The announcement of new construction on the border fence overshadowed the visit of Antony Blinken and Alejandro Mayorkas, with migration and drug-trafficking the main topics
A new resolution being put forth by Representative Joaquin Castro — to which EL PAÍS has had access — rejects the possibility of U.S. military intervention on Mexican soil
The massacre of six young people reveals how organized crime has imposed its rule over a Mexican state that is plagued by everyday violence and a war between cartels
Congressman Dan Crenshaw has used the disappearance of the five young men to insist that the drug cartels be named ‘enemies of Mexico and the United States’
The assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio has deepened the security crisis and shaken up the political landscape just days before the first round on August 20