Family members are avoiding making statements and public appearances for their safety, while the local Congress is debating an initiative to prohibit missing persons posters in some areas of Guadalajara
The popular tourist area suffered one of the most ferocious reprisals following the taking down of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader
Claudia Sheinbaum is preparing a two-day visit to the Mexican state caught in the crossfire between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza
EL PAÍS gained access to the cabin complex, nestled in a luxurious mountain retreat in Jalisco, where the world’s most wanted drug trafficker and his security detail staged their last stand with the Mexican army
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office has received a written request from a legal representative and will begin the protocol required to complete all procedures related to the custody of the deceased cartel boss
Following the death of El Mencho, a succession process begins to control the lucrative criminal tentacles of Mexico’s most powerful cartel
The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed in Tapalpa, an ecotourism hotspot near a reservoir, a golf club, and surrounded by hotels
Nemesio Oseguera was in hiding in the mountains of Jalisco with a dozen bodyguards. It was a visit from one of his “sentimental partners” that allowed authorities to locate and kill him in an operation by Mexican Army special forces
A dozen states suspended classes for Monday, and several others have convened their security cabinets to monitor the wave of violence unleashed by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel following the death of its leader
The death of El Mencho raises questions about who will succeed him at the head of the powerful criminal organization, whose operations range from drug trafficking to extortion and money laundering
The cool-headed founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel expanded the criminal enterprise, pushing it far beyond drug trafficking. It had tentacles across the entire country and was capable of assassinating judges, politicians, and military officers
The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel had spent decades evading justice. He was brought down in an operation in the mountains of Jalisco that has sparked a violent reaction in various states across the country
From Texas, Luxemborg Trading LLC ordered thousands of shipments with the help of shell companies in Mexico, in a vast operation that has delivered $8 million dollars to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The vast lemon industry of the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacán, where the alleged extortionist had his fiefdom, puts any preconceived notions about violence and power to shame
A top government target whose currency was violence, César Sepúlveda had become a key supplier and intermediary for much of the productive activity in Tierra Caliente
State action and the fight against the faction loyal to ‘El Mayo’ Zambada have resulted in high-profile arrests and murders that have dealt a blow to the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán
The Treasury Department notes that the boss of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel manages the group’s operations from prison and even forged an alliance with the Gulf Cartel while behind bars
A cooperating witness details the links with ‘El Tanque’ and ‘Primito,’ two cartel bosses sanctioned by the Treasury Department, and their business dealings with the tycoon accused of smuggling oil stolen from Pemex into the US
A gold mine in Mexico’s Sonoran desert was taken over by the sons of drug lord Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán. Mexican officials and generals said they would help an American businessman reclaim the mine — but demanded hefty bribes. For one man, reclaiming the mine was more than a business proposition. It was a reckoning with his past and a chance to pay back the orphanage that raised him
Jalisco is the state with the highest number of missing officers, with 84 cases over six years. Forty-two have been found murdered
Accused of trafficking for cartels and laundering millions of dollars, Brother Wang fled Mexico City for Havana
With her three children murdered and her partner disappeared, Eva Vàzquez is just one of many living through a dire situation that has seen almost 15,000 people vanish without trace in the first year of Sheinbaum’s government
The testimonies of 38 people forcibly recruited in January by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel depict the deceptions and threats employed by the criminal organization
The Environmental Investigation Agency report that the criminal organization has earned more than $8 billion since 2019 through smuggling in Mexico bound for South America
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
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
