Sinaloa

The transfer to the US of 37 prisoners, including leaders of the Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation and Northeast cartels, is a response to threats made by the Republican in recent weeks regarding operations south of the Rio Grande

Despite Washington’s criticism of the ‘gradual approach,’ Claudia Sheinbaum’s security strategy, focused on drug seizures, the destruction of laboratories, and direct attacks on cartels, has yielded results

Mexico’s secretary of public security, Omar García Harfuch, reported the capture of seven of his hitmen along with weapons and vehicles in the city of Badiraguato

The government dismantled a clandestine laboratory and confiscated over 41,000 liters and 12 tons of chemical substances, in actions that come after US pressure for greater results

Mexican authorities point to the growing influence of Fausto Isidro, once a mid-level regional crime boss, in drug trafficking to the United States

Sheinbaum’s emblematic phrase, ‘It’s a time for women,’ is set to be repeated in at least 10 of the 17 Mexican states that will elect new governments in 2027, including the northern state

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 murder of the Guzmáns’ head of security follows the arrests and killings of six other lieutenants over the past two years

The attacks have intensified, and the Mexican government acknowledges a recent increase in homicides as the sons of El Chapo and El Mayo fight for territory

Joaquín Guzmán López’s guilty plea points to the DEA’s involvement in the Sinaloa Cartel leader’s arrest

Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s wife speaks in a new documentary about her marriage, her life outside prison, and violence in Mexico

The Treasury Department has sanctioned the alleged criminal leader, a Canadian national, and his support network after authorities linked him to the Sinaloa Cartel

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned the Hysa business empire for alleged laundering money for Mexican organized crime

The Treasury Department’s move comes a day after Mexico froze the bank accounts of 13 betting houses over their links to organized crime

EL PAÍS has obtained details of the investigation into an apparent mix-up by uniformed officers, an investigation that is progressing through the courts beset by numerous contradictions

In the Mexican state of Sonora, in 2019, three mothers and six children were gunned down. The trail leads to two semi-automatic rifles, which were sold in U.S. gun shops. No authority on either side of the border has thoroughly investigated the origin of the weapons, nor how they ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels

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

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 

Since the Treasury targeted Sumilab in May 2023, its owners have received over three million pesos in government allocations

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned eight individuals and 12 companies it accuses of being linked to Los Chapitos

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

The Mexican president has released her first federal budget. She has also strengthened her security strategy, with the issue of judicial reform now resolved