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
El Mencho’s stepson has built a compact structure with some of the strongmen who served the cartel’s founder
Juan Carlos González heads a list of more than 50 members of the criminal organization and companies accused of financing it who have been sanctioned
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
Four videos attributed to one branch of the criminal network, released between December and this week, illuminate its apparent ambitions in Morelos, the State of Mexico, and the south of the capital
The National Counterterrorism Center says Valencia is Nemesio Oseguera’s successor and the new boss of an organization that generates $1 billion a year from drug trafficking
Gerardo González Valencia attended an Argentina match at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil while the DEA was tracking his movements
On the day of the opening game and this Tuesday, the country recorded two of the days with the fewest intentional homicides in the past decade, a trend that has become established over the past year
Four days from the tournament’s start, the three host countries are stepping up preparations while facing unprecedented security, transport, immigration, and logistics challenges
Nearly 1,900 people vanished in and around Mexico’s second-largest city and clandestine graves have been uncovered near the Akron Stadium
Reports about the agency’s possible involvement in the murder of a mid-level Sinaloa Cartel operative deepen the binational security crisis
The attack at one of the most-visited pre-Hispanic pyramid complexes left one Canadian tourist dead and 13 people injured, two of them minors
Santa Ana was one of the first territories in the US conquered by the criminal organization. Juan Carlos Valencia González, who is poised to become the new boss, was born there
The capital of Jalisco, which will host four matches, is suffering a severe water crisis affecting thousands of homes, while the government tries to contain protests over the increase in public transport fares
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
An investigation by two NGOs indicates that some of the main breeders of fighting birds have operations in both countries and supply hundreds of thousands of specimens to criminal organizations each year
The Attorney General Office’s failure to secure the site where the cartel kingpin was killed, the gaps in the narrative about the subsequent violence that left dozens dead, and the doubts about the future of the CJNG paint a picture of the current criminal landscape in Mexico
The arrest of ‘Lobo Menor’ in the Mexican capital sheds light on the criminal relationship between the three countries, connected to cocaine trafficking
Beyond acronyms and groups, and the unequal territorial control they exert, the death of El Mencho demonstrates the intensification of operations against crime in the country, under the watchful eye of the United States
The expected guilty pleas of Erick Valencia, ‘El 85’ and Abigael González, ‘El Cuini,’ confirm the decline of the old guard
Despite the roadblocks and security operations, investors with an eye on the long term insist on the benefits of Guadalajara, one of the country’s most dynamic technology hubs
The Mexican president’s approval rating has recovered to 71% after slight declines since the summer. Both the downfall of the drug lord and electoral reform have garnered strong support, according to an Enkoll poll for EL PAÍS
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
Colombia and Mexico share a history of fighting drug trafficking, but the challenge continues because crime knows no borders
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