Violence spreads in Mexico amid fears Los Chapitos and El Mayo faction have ended truce
Experts and local media blame the recent clashes on divisions within the Sinaloa Cartel. At least three people have been reportedly killed
Experts and local media blame the recent clashes on divisions within the Sinaloa Cartel. At least three people have been reportedly killed
The 57-year-old drug lord, one of Mexico’s most powerful and feared criminals, walked out of a high-security facility after serving a 21-year sentence and into the custody of immigration officials
Amid tensions over the capture of ‘El Mayo’ and Joaquín Guzmán López, the latest outbreak of violence increases fears of a new ‘Culiacanazo’ in the stronghold of the Sinaloa Cartel
The Attorney General’s Office believes that the alleged release of El Chapo’s son from custody in the United States on July 23 is related to the capture of the drug lord and his brother, Joaquín Guzmán, two days later
The arrest of the Sinaloa Cartel kingpin in July sparked songs recounting the event, although the figure of the drug trafficker was already a recurring inspiration for (often controversial) corrido artists
Authorities have given credibility to a letter issued by El Mayo regarding his capture on US soil and the murder of elected deputy Héctor Cuén, which has become the main line of investigation in the case
The biography of the former rector of the biggest university in Sinaloa was marked by tragedy, intrigues, and power struggles. The controversy has extended to his murder, with no answers as to who killed him and why
Authorities found the bodies of Martin and Leobardo Garcia Corrales on Saturday in Sinaloa. The United States had charged both with fentanyl trafficking and possession of automatic weapons
The FGR says that no details have been shared to clarify how the Sinaloa Cartel capo came to be handed over to US authorities as it tries to determine if crimes including illegal flight and kidnapping were committed in Mexico
Rubén Rocha Moya, of the ruling PRI party, justified his absence on the day of the murder of opposition leader Héctor Cuén and the capture of Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López with a vacation in Los Angeles
The Mexican Prosecutor’s Office has announced the crime is being investigated in the case of the Sinaloa Cartel leader and Joaquín Guzmán López. It was recently modified in a context similar to the drug lords’ detention in the US
The Sinaloa Cartel leader has taken control of narrative over his arrest after claiming that he was going to meet with Governor Rubén Rocha and linking his detention to the murder of Héctor Cuén, an influential local politician
The partner of the Sinaloa Cartel capo is back, post-prison, to promote her new project: starring in a music video for a corrido about her life sung by Mariel Colón, the narco lawyer-turned-performer
The message Washington is sending with the arrest of the drug lord and the suspicion of an extraterritorial operation fuels distrust between the security agencies of both countries
López Obrador said that the pilot initially linked to the case did not participate in the arrest of El Mayo Zambada, and has called for an end to the speculation while the U.S. government prepares to release of the full report on what happened
The man who was once one of the heirs to the Sinaloa Cartel empire was freed from prison in 2021 after testifying against El Chapo in a plea deal
The arrest of the co-founder of the powerful criminal organization in the US opens up several possible scenarios: wars of succession, changes in the criminal structure, and confrontation with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The founder of the Sinaloa Cartel returns to a Texas court, accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and at least four murders related to his criminal activities. The prosecution is asking the judge for more time and for the case to be recognized as ‘unusual and complex’
Jeffrey Lichtman, who also defended Joaquín Guzmán Loera in 2018, has waded into a war of contradictory public statements regarding the recent arrest of the leaders of Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa Cartel
Details over the arrests of the historic leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and one of the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán remain shrouded in mystery
The drug trafficker’s defense claims that ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s son tied the drug lord up, threw him into a pick-up truck and forced him to board the plane that took him to El Paso, Texas, and jail
The son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán began his career in the drug world early and quickly rose through the ranks of his father’s cartel
The veteran capo arrested in Texas spent more than 30 years in the upper echelons of the Sinaloa criminal empire without ever setting foot in jail thanks to a low, almost ghostly profile
Founded in the 1980s, the criminal organization is struggling amid the raids launched by the authorities and an internal turf war
U.S. authorities are stepping up their fight against the criminal organization, which the Treasury Department claims is responsible for a ‘significant proportion’ of the trafficking of the opioid
Thousands of clandestine labs to manufacture synthetic drugs are dumping tons of toxic chemicals into Mexico’s most fragile ecosystems. Who is in charge of protecting the environment against the growing number of these laboratories? Quinto Elemento Lab investigates
El Chapo’s brother and their former partner, El Mayo Zambada, are about to turn 80. Age, ailments and pressure from the authorities are fueling uncertainty about the future of the criminal organization