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The transfer follows the same pattern as last February, when Mexico handed over 29 drug lords, including Rafael Caro Quintero, the ‘Narco of Narcos’

A decree addressed to the Pentagon provides an official basis for undertaking direct operations in other countries, according to ‘The New York Times’

Petar Mirchev, a Bulgarian linked to Viktor Bout, the ‘Merchant of Death,’ was detained at the request of the United States for negotiating with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The decision opens the door to a possible plea deal between the drug lord and authorities

A group of businessmen and government officials shaped Ciudad Juárez at the whim of economic interests, which even now explain the desolate conditions in which minors have grown up over the last four decades

Besieged by organized crime and abandoned by the state, a generation that has only known violence survives. EL PAÍS dissects the forced recruitment, sex trafficking, and lack of opportunities faced by minors on this border

The victim was recovering from a shooting and a cartel operative posed as a relative to finish him off. At least three drivers have been murdered in the past week

The arrest of the drug lord marks its first anniversary, while the Mexican State bleeds due to the fight initiated by his henchmen against the sons of his former partner, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán

The criminal group targeted farms and transport companies, intercepted packages, and imposed quotas under a regime of terror

The internal war between factions of the Sinaloa cartel is also being waged in Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s historic stronghold

EL PAÍS reconstructs, on the ground and using exclusive documents, the presence of former military personnel hired by the cartels, a lethal alliance of organized crime

Mexico’s security policies have achieved success in recent weeks, with seizures of millions of dollars in stolen fuel and the presentation of a bold strategy against extortion

Religious leaders are inclined to share successful experiences for peace without interfering in the ‘responsibilities of the state’

Seventy-four percent of illegal weapons enter through the northern border. Mexican authorities are mapping the main routes while Washington is downsizing the ATF

The arrest of nine former military personnel in Michoacán sheds light on a growing phenomenon in the region, which is experiencing high rates of violence

The use of teenagers as hired killers dates back to the assassinations of Rodrigo Lara in 1984 and Bernardo Jaramillo in 1990. The practice, which regained visibility after the attack on Miguel Uribe Turbay, never disappeared

The Treasury Department has frozen the assets of a business conglomerate accused of cleaning up the finances of El Chapo’s fugitive children

The Trump administration includes among its criminal targets foreign officials who have received bribes from drug trafficking and organized crime money-laundering networks

Every year, people from around the world travel to California to work in this illicit trade, which is controlled by criminal organizations and marked by precariousness and violence

Criminals meet their victims on digital platforms, trick them into meeting, and then extort their families for a ransom

Solanda, south of Ecuador’s capital, is experiencing a wave of murders as a result of turf wars between criminal organizations

The professional assassins carefully planned the attack, using a clean weapon and three stolen vehicles with fake license plates to cover their tracks

An armed man killed Clara Brugada’s aide and an adviser Tuesday morning in Mexico City

The alleged pact between Los Chapitos and the CJNG and the apparent ties between groups from the north of the state with the ‘El Mayo’ Zambada faction deepen uncertainty about an end to the conflict

California accuses Pedro Inzunza and his son of the Beltrán Leyva organization of trafficking fentanyl for the Sinaloa Cartel

Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s youngest son, imprisoned in Chicago since 2023, will provide information and plead guilty in exchange for improving his legal situation