Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case in a plea deal
Read full article: Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case in a plea dealOne of the sons of imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” has pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges.
FULL LIST: The organizations Texas has designated as terrorist groups in 2025
Read full article: FULL LIST: The organizations Texas has designated as terrorist groups in 2025Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has designated four organizations or organization categories as foreign terrorist or transnational criminal groups under state authority.
Feds seize over 300,000 kilos of meth precursor chemicals at Port of Houston in record-breaking bust
Read full article: Feds seize over 300,000 kilos of meth precursor chemicals at Port of Houston in record-breaking bustTogether, officials said the chemicals seized could have produced nearly 190,000 kilograms of meth, with an estimated street value of more than $569 million.
US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero
Read full article: US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro QuinteroU.S. prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero.
US imposes sanctions on El Chapo's fugitive sons, offers $10 million reward for their capture
Read full article: US imposes sanctions on El Chapo's fugitive sons, offers $10 million reward for their captureThe U.S. imposed sanctions on the two fugitive sons of incarcerated Mexican Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and announced a reward offer of up to $10 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the sons.
Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration
Read full article: Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administrationMexico’s government has confirmed reports that 17 family members of the son of a former cartel leader crossed into the United States.
US sanctions Sinaloa Cartel associates for alleged money laundering
Read full article: US sanctions Sinaloa Cartel associates for alleged money launderingThe U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned six people and seven companies it said were involved in money laundering for factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.
A look at the 8 Latin American crime groups designated as terrorist organizations by the US
Read full article: A look at the 8 Latin American crime groups designated as terrorist organizations by the USThe United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U_S_ to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”.
Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes court appearance in his US drug trafficking case
Read full article: Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes court appearance in his US drug trafficking caseA longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time before the judge presiding over the case.
US Treasury sanctions a chain of ice cream shops and a pharmacy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel
Read full article: US Treasury sanctions a chain of ice cream shops and a pharmacy tied to the Sinaloa CartelThe U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Mexican ice cream shop chain and a local pharmacy used as investments by drug traffickers.
US not responsible for surge of violence in Sinaloa, American ambassador tells Mexico
Read full article: US not responsible for surge of violence in Sinaloa, American ambassador tells MexicoU.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has rejected accusations by Mexico’s president that the U.S. shares some responsibility for cartel violence in Sinaloa state.
At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico
Read full article: At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern MexicoAt least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash.
Mexican drug cartel leader will be transferred from Texas to New York
Read full article: Mexican drug cartel leader will be transferred from Texas to New YorkA federal judge says that a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who was arrested over the summer in the U.S. can be transferred from Texas to New York to face charges there.
Mexican drug cartel leader agrees to be transferred from Texas to New York
Read full article: Mexican drug cartel leader agrees to be transferred from Texas to New YorkCourt documents show that Mexican drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has agreed to be transferred from El Paso, Texas, to New York, to face charges there.
Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US
Read full article: Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to USThe strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger.
Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in July
Read full article: Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in JulyThe murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders.
Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
Read full article: Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ ZambadaThe United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over.
Mexican drug lord 'El Mayo' Zambada says he was ambushed and kidnapped before being taken to the US
Read full article: Mexican drug lord 'El Mayo' Zambada says he was ambushed and kidnapped before being taken to the USMexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has said that he was ambushed and kidnapped when he thought he was going to meet the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa.
US ambassador confirms Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was brought to US against his will
Read full article: US ambassador confirms Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was brought to US against his willThe U.S. ambassador to Mexico has confirmed that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas in July on a plane along with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López.
Mexican drug cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
Read full article: Mexican drug cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes a court appearance in TexasA powerful Mexican drug cartel leader has made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week.
Mexican president issues public appeal to drug cartels not to fight after detention of drug lord
Read full article: Mexican president issues public appeal to drug cartels not to fight after detention of drug lordMexico's president has taken the unusual step of issuing a public appeal to drug cartels not to fight each other, following last week's detention of top Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López.
Mexican kingpin's arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power
Read full article: Mexican kingpin's arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for powerA new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers.
A look at 'El Mayo' Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custody
Read full article: A look at 'El Mayo' Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custodyIsmael “El Mayo” Zambada has eluded the reach of U.S. enforcement for decades as the top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel.
US arrests 2 leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of 'El Chapo'
Read full article: US arrests 2 leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of 'El Chapo'The U.S. Justice Department says Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, have been arrested by authorities in Texas.
In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis
Read full article: In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisisMexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from Asia to Australia to Africa.
Mexico's arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families' complex was likely personal
Read full article: Mexico's arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families' complex was likely personalThe U.S. government has thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent, alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief this week.
The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
Read full article: The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl traffickingThe Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States.
US: Mexico extradites Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa cartel leader 'El Chapo,' to United States
Read full article: US: Mexico extradites Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa cartel leader 'El Chapo,' to United StatesMexico has extradited Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
1st US charges against China-based companies accused of selling fentanyl chemicals filed
Read full article: 1st US charges against China-based companies accused of selling fentanyl chemicals filedThe Justice Department has for the first time charged China-based companies and employees with supplying chemicals needed to make fentanyl, a primary driver of an overdose crisis gripping the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday that the companies openly advertised the chemicals on social media platforms and shipped them surreptitiously to buyers, even adding molecules to evade testing.
‘El Chapo’ sons charged with smuggling cheap fentanyl to US
Read full article: ‘El Chapo’ sons charged with smuggling cheap fentanyl to USProsecutors revealed in a recent indictment that while Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serves a life sentence, his sons have steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they smuggle into the U.S. The indictment unsealed April 14 in Manhattan details a generational shift.
El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
Read full article: El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by USThe Justice Department has charged 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation.
Drug trial starts for Mexico's former top security official
Read full article: Drug trial starts for Mexico's former top security officialThe man who was once Mexico’s top security official and in charge of fighting the drug cartels is going on trial on charges of helping the Sinaloa Cartel traffic drugs and protect them from capture.
Mexican capo’s arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change
Read full article: Mexican capo’s arrest a gesture to US, not signal of changeMexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week likely is an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed.
DEA: Fake pills containing fentanyl helping drive OD deaths
Read full article: DEA: Fake pills containing fentanyl helping drive OD deathsFederal officials say an increasing number of fake prescription pills containing potentially deadly fentanyl are helping drive overdose death rates to record levels in the U.S. And officials warn that some of the pills are being manufactured in rainbow colors designed to look like candy.
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Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is released
Read full article: Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is releasedMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is worried that yet another shadowy release of a drug lord is about to make Mexico a target of international ridicule.
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Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on US drug charges
Read full article: Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on US drug chargesShe is the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman and is accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. (Alexandria Adult Detention Center via AP)WASHINGTON – The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested in the United States and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. She is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico. Her arrest is the latest twist in the bloody, multinational saga involving Guzman, the longtime head of the Sinaloa drug cartel. After Guzman was rearrested following his escape, Coronel lobbied the Mexican government to improve her husband’s prison conditions.