Chapo Guzmán

The death of the CJNG leader inaugurated the state’s offensive against the criminal group that operated for years with relative impunity. The subsequent capture of major capos fuels doubts about its reorganization

Former Sinaloa security secretary, accused alongside Rubén Rocha Moya of ties to Los Chapitos, is no longer in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, although his criminal case remains ongoing

More than a week after the young man was killed in the middle of Sinaloa’s turf wars, his family is rejecting claims that he had ties to one of the state’s criminal factions

The US has raised rewards for the cartel’s leading members to over $100 million and seeks to cut their income sources with the aim of destroying the criminal organization

The sentence imposed on ‘El Mayo’ Zambada certifies the death of the criminal organization he and ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán led, which was as violent and unstable as its successors

Washington maintains that the relationship between organized crime and the Mexican government is indissoluble, while Claudia Sheinbaum demands respect for sovereignty

Former Sinaloa Cartel leader last year pleaded guilty to trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine over a period of decades

Aubrey Gideon, a Mississippi resident, has impersonated the Mexican capo in at least two of the 23 letters sent to the judge in New York, according to evidence and documents obtained by EL PAÍS

The former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, for decades one of the world’s biggest drug traffickers, awaits a life sentence in the United States amid unresolved questions that have political repercussions in Mexico

The 2024 kidnapping of the drug lord and his transfer to the US have resurfaced recently as a political rift. The Sinaloa Cartel faction war triggered by his capture continues, although somewhat muted

The 76-year-old Sinaloa Cartel leader hopes to avoid the same fate as his former partner Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán

Security chief Omar García Harfuch confirms the pact under which El Mencho provided ‘funding and personnel resources’ to the Guzmán faction. The DEA, videos, and even Google Maps had pointed to the agreement

In 2022, traffickers from the Lacandona area in southern Mexico negotiated an extraordinary deal with the Army: the return of 100 kilos of cocaine in exchange for 33 soldiers they had kidnapped. EL PAÍS reconstructs the episode — a window, in reality, onto a 50-year conflict in one of North America’s natural jewels

The former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel is serving a life sentence for drug trafficking in the United States. In 13 missives addressed to the judge presiding over his case, he writes that he is suffering from severe physical and psychological exhaustion 

Addiction, legal troubles and accusations of criminal ties have thrust the clan from Sinaloa into the spotlight for reasons that have nothing to do with the ring

The Security Cabinet says the on-leave governor is in Sinaloa despite the fact that no one has seen him in 19 days

Reports about the agency’s possible involvement in the murder of a mid-level Sinaloa Cartel operative deepen the binational security crisis

The former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, who has been serving a life sentence in the US since 2019, has sent another letter requesting extradition

A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of Claudia Sheinbaum, Lula, and Gustavo Petro

An official report warns that Joaquín Guzmán exchanged messages last year about threats against government informants and payments for drug sales

The former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel has asked to be tried in his homeland on the pending charges against him while serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado

The US indictment of Governor Rocha and members of his administration over ties to El Chapo’s sons is fueling a mix of fatigue and resignation in a region marred by corruption and violence

Several political operatives were kidnapped during the 2021 elections and armed groups stole ballot boxes full of votes, according to the indictment filed by the US prosecutors

The US Attorney’s Office has sent shockwaves through Mexico by charging Governor Rubén Rocha, a senator, and eight state officials with ties to the powerful Sinaloa Cartel. The Mexican government rejects the allegations, arguing they were filed without sufficient evidence

Mexico and the United States identify the 41-year-old as the possible successor to the powerful organization. Part of an old Michoacán clan and stepson of El Mencho, criminal lineage looms large in the story of the leader of the CJNG’s Elite Group