The Mexican Prosecutor’s Office has announced the crime is being investigated in the case of the Sinaloa Cartel leader and Joaquín Guzmán López. It was recently modified in a context similar to the drug lords’ detention in the US
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
The man who was once one of the heirs to the Sinaloa Cartel empire was freed from prison in 2021 after testifying against El Chapo in a plea deal
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
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
The drug trafficker’s defense claims that ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s son tied the drug lord up, threw him into a pick-up truck and forced him to board the plane that took him to El Paso, Texas, and jail
The Treasury accuses the group of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine and of illegally smuggling migrants into the U.S.
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
The drug lord recounts his life as a key member of the Medellín Cartel after leaving a US prison, where he served 33 years
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
This new class of synthetic opioids has been implicated in more than 200 deaths in Europe and North America since 2019
Two DEA agents run names in a confidential database that tracks federal investigations of interest to his new employers, including the timing of the exact date when the grand jury was to indict businessman Alex Saab
Maintaining the notion that the war on drugs is the solution is borderline insulting in light of the overwhelming evidence accumulated from decades of failure
The former secretary of defense whose arrest in 2021 caused a diplomatic clash has received recognition for his contributions to the army
Louis Milione had retired from the DEA this summer for a second time amid reporting by The Associated Press on potential conflicts caused by his prior consulting for the pharmaceutical industry
The Department of Justice indictments reveal some of the atrocities committed by the Sinaloa Cartel, which include kidnappings, torture, and the bribery of officials
The number of planted hectares went from 204,000 to 230,000 during 2022, while the tonnage of drugs that has been produced reached 1,738, the highest figures ever recorded
Historical capos — such as Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — have been relegated, as the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration establishes new priorities
More cocaine moves through Ecuador than any other country in the world, meaning cartels like Sinaloa and the CJNG need local criminal organizations to handle transport and logistics
The New York Prosecutor’s Office accuses ex-general Hugo Armando ‘El Pollo’ Carvajal of being a leading member of the Cartel of the Suns, run by military officers and organized crime groups
Samuel Santander Lopesierra, the former smuggler who was extradited to the United States, is back and wants to rule his city
Known on the streets as tranq, it is an animal sedative that causes severe skin wounds. Dealers mix it with the opiate to make it cheaper and to prolong its effects
The Treasury Department alleges that Joaquín Guzmán López trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. He is the fourth son of ‘El Chapo’ to face sanctions
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
Organized crime syndicates use vulnerable people in border cities to calculate the dosages of the opioid that they traffic to the United States
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 DEA spent $4.7 million on “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts to hire people Milgram knew from her days as New Jersey’s attorney general and as a law professor
