Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17Mexican authorities have raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17.
'Forgotten' US victims of Mexican drug lord want justiceWhen fugitive 1980s Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Mexico last week, it stirred up old, terrible memories for Lannie Walker, the daughter of American writer John Clay Walker.
EXPLAINER: 37 years later, Mexican drug lord to face justiceThe capture of fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was hailed by U.S. authorities as an example of cooperation with Mexico in the fight against drugs.
Extradition process begins for Mexico drug lord wanted in USDrug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, captured by Mexican forces, has been notified that a process to extradite him to the United States for the murder of a DEA agent in 1985 and other crimes is beginning.
Mexico's capture of drug kingpin could be signal to USThe United Statesโ motivation to find infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was never in doubt.
Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro QuinteroInfamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking.
Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is releasedMexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador is worried that yet another shadowy release of a drug lord is about to make Mexico a target of international ridicule.
Mexico president justifies release of kingpin targeted by USMexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador has defended the 2013 ruling that freed one of the drug lords most wanted by U.S. authorities, even though Mexicoโs Supreme Court later ruled it was a mistake.