Eulogio Sosa, a member of the band, reflects on the controversy that has put the genre in the spotlight. He also acknowledges the widespread concern over the withdrawal of US visas from artists who sing these ballads
El Mencho ordered trailers to be set alight and highways blocked in Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. Two police officers were killed, but no arrests were made: ‘We’ve never seen blockades of this scale’
Five women who are looking for missing family members across Mexico have denounced Claudia Sheinbaum’s failure to address the issue during her presidency. They accuse her of only taking action following the discovery of a mass grave in the town of Teuchitlán. These women also highlight the inaction of the prosecutors’ offices and the threats they’ve received from the cartels
Hundreds of people are searching among the objects found at a ranch used by the CJNG cartel for any clues about their missing loved ones. Collectives of mothers are organizing across Mexico to travel to the site
In the last four years, authorities have seized 5.4 tons of fentanyl, almost 50% in territory controlled by the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, from where it is trafficked to the US through Tucson and San Diego
The White House has set a price on the capture of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, offering more than the reward for Los Chapitos and the same amount it would pay for Nicolás Maduro
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
U.S. authorities are stepping up their fight against the criminal organization, which the Treasury Department claims is responsible for a ‘significant proportion’ of the trafficking of the opioid
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
After the latest blows inflicted, the authorities claim the criminal organization has splintered and lost its power; independent researchers argue that it is a hidden monster with deep roots in working-class neighborhoods
Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has sent a bill to Congress asking the Pentagon for regular briefings to explain its efforts against the powerful criminal organization
A recent case involving the murder of seven call center workers in the Mexican state of Jalisco has shed light on one of the new tentacles of the cartel. Shell companies – which are controlled by the mafia – issue fake documents to tourists and demand that they pay taxes on properties that don’t exist
A week later, there is no trace of the missing employees. Authorities suggest the establishment was a front for a network with ties to organized crime that swindled foreigners, especially elderly U.S. citizens
For two years, a war between criminal groups has terrorized Frontera Comalapa and its farming communities. Residents and NGOs have denounced an upsurge in violence