Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada

Since the Treasury targeted Sumilab in May 2023, its owners have received over three million pesos in government allocations

The crossfire between Los Chapitos and the faction loyal to ‘El Mayo’ Zambada has generated a spike in disappearances in the last year with a dominant pattern: male, up to 40 years old, and from Culiacán

The State Department accuses ‘El Ruso’ of drug and arms trafficking as well as bribing government officials, police, and military personnel in Sinaloa with over $1 million per month

EL PAÍS reports from the northwest region of Mexico, documenting a bloody cartel conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and shaken the community

Experts suggest that the US will use the threat of a trade war to force Mexico’s hand in the security arena. One potential outcome is a military cooperation agreement that would allow the US to take direct action in conjunction with Mexico

The US Secretary of State will meet with Mexican president Sheinbaum at a delicate time for the bilateral relation

‘El Mayo’ Zambada, ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, and Caro Quintero — the three kings of Mexico’s drug empire — will spend their final days in the prisons in the United States

The drug lord’s guilty plea includes the disclosure of his assets to the courts, although experts consider it unlikely that they will be recovered

‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s statements in US court, in which the drug lord admitted to having bribed politicians, are being used against the president’s party

Washington claims the veteran drug lord and other cartel leaders earned $10 million a year from cocaine trafficking alone, while El Mayo held assets worth $15 billion

The accused drug trafficker, arrested under unusual circumstances in July 2024, is taking the same path as Ovidio Guzmán

A trail of recent initiatives and statements expose the agenda that the United States wants to impose on its southern neighbor

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

The Justice Department’s decision, which benefits Caro Quintero and ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, marks a shift from the president’s earlier calls to execute drug traffickers

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

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

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

A mixture of fear, silence and the need to carry on make up daily life in this Mexican state. June ended with over 200 murders and 80 disappearances, making it the most violent month since the war between Los Mayitos and Los Chapitos began

With nearly 20 family members in the United States, the walls are closing in on Mexico’s leading drug trafficking dynasty

Authorities have found a message exposing the conflict between the faction led by Mayo Zambada’s sons and Los Chapitos

The drug lord, detained in a US prison since February on charges of killing a DEA agent, is waiting to find out whether he will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment

The single ‘Andas contando’ featuring Cecy Millan is the first original song she has released

After the death of El Perris, head of security, the government has captured hitmen leader Moisés Barnabé, delivering a new blow to the dwindling faction of the Sinaloa Cartel

The cartel boss, who handed ‘El Mayo’ Zambada over to authorities last year, pleaded not guilty to federal charges against him