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
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
In an interview, Omar García Harfuch said that none of the family members were wanted by Mexican authorities
Among the group of people who allegedly crossed on foot on May 9 through the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana is Griselda Guadalupe López Pérez, El Chapo’s ex-wife and one of the main operators of 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
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’
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is reacting to increasing pressure from the Mexican government, which has targeted high-ranking bosses and important logistics operators
The internal war that has weakened the Sinaloa Cartel has only strengthened its main rivals, but the pressure from the United States to capture its leader, along with the discovery of the Teuchitlán ranch, has refocused attention on the brutal organization
The documentary series ‘Battle of Culiacán: Heirs of the Cartel’ chronicles the details of the capture of Ovidio Guzmán, El Chapo’s youngest son, the impact of fentanyl, and the workings of one of the world’s most powerful criminal organizations
Drug trafficking, homicide and organized crime are some of the charges that the dozens of cartel members extradited to contain tariff threats face in US courts