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
Nearly 50 murders have been recorded in Sinaloa in the last week, mainly in the capital, the main front of a war between cartel factions that has lasted more than a year
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
‘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
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
José Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared gang Los Choneros, is the first local drug kingpin to be handed over. His trial is raising expectations in Ecuador over the potential revelations that could emerge in the courtroom
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
El Chapo’s son accepts responsibility on four counts of drug trafficking and organized crime and pledges ‘substantial assistance’ in exchange for prosecutors requesting a lighter sentence
The Mexican government blames the US for not detaining the ex-champion’s son, who now awaits deportation
The son of Mexico’s boxing legend finds himself behind bars in Los Angeles — the latest twist in a life marked by scandal, recovery, and inner turmoil
The Mexican boxer, arrested by US authorities, has never concealed his ties to Los Chapitos. His ex-wife, Frida Muñoz, is the widow of a son of the drug lord
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
Court documents reveal at least 10 heists in the last two years on the California-Arizona route
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 Salvadoran national Jordin Melgar-Salmerón was sent to his home country in May despite a court ban