Sinaloa

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

Washington has requested the extradition of the accused, but Mexico maintains that the US Department of Justice does not have evidence of their guilt

The operation to rescue the four miners from Santa Fe has been an emotional rollercoaster with two discovered alive and one dead

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

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

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

Samuel Ramírez Jr. had been on the run for almost three years for his alleged involvement in the murder of two women in late May 2023

Mindful of the insecurity in his native country, the Mexican writer presents ‘The Mermaid and the Retiree,’ a political and suspenseful work set in Culiacán that follows a congressional candidate who must confront the many forms of violence around her

Claudia Sheinbaum is preparing a two-day visit to the Mexican state caught in the crossfire between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza

The Secretary of Security stated all affected areas have been cleared and order has been restored after the military operation that killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

A dozen states suspended classes for Monday, and several others have convened their security cabinets to monitor the wave of violence unleashed by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel following the death of its leader

The death of El Mencho raises questions about who will succeed him at the head of the powerful criminal organization, whose operations range from drug trafficking to extortion and money laundering

The cool-headed founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel expanded the criminal enterprise, pushing it far beyond drug trafficking. It had tentacles across the entire country and was capable of assassinating judges, politicians, and military officers

The operation against the country’s most‑wanted drug trafficker is the biggest achievement to date in the fight against organized crime by the Security Cabinet led by Omar García Harfuch

Local and foreign mining companies are forced to pay protection money or hire suppliers linked to their extortionists in order to operate

Emails from witnesses, victims, and FBI documents in the declassified files suggest that the financier used the country on more than one occasion to commit crimes linked to child sex trafficking

The indictment of nine US citizens in their own country puts the spotlight on the lack of controls on the purchase of high-caliber artillery that benefits criminal organizations south of the border

The picturesque community in Sinaloa was horrified to discover six clandestine burial sites from which 14 bodies have been exhumed so far. Five belong to the missing workers from the Canadian mine Vizsla Silver

Harfuch points to a criminal misunderstanding as the cause of the workers’ abduction. The bodies of at least five have been found in a mass grave, with another five yet to be identified

Ricardo Trevilla, Secretary of Defense, says that the Claudia Sheinbaum government has recovered 215 powerful .50 caliber rifles from criminals, one of the drug traffickers’ favorites

The attack against two lawmakers and the mass kidnapping of miners are further proof that violence continues unabated in the Mexican state

The former Canadian athlete, accused of drug trafficking and murder north of the Rio Grande, has surrendered to US authorities

Violence and an increase in homicides persist in the Mexican state amid the capture and extradition of cartel operatives

The latest batch of prisoners includes organized crime heavyweights and a handful of names that transcend the six organizations included on the State Department’s blacklist