What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?

India Today  

Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested by US agents in Texas during a dramatic operation and without the involvment of Mexican authorities. Impact on Sinaloa cartel US Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram said Zambada's arrest "strikes at the heart of the cartel that is responsible for the majority of drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing Americans from coast to coast." Falko Ernst, an analyst at the International Crisis Group think tank, described the cartel as "a structure with a thousand heads that won't fundamentally change shape" with the fall of one or two kingpins. "Infighting aside, the Sinaloa cartel has redundancy systems for smuggling, and two of the Chapitos are still at large, including Jesus, Sinaloa's boss for international operations," she added. Even if the Sinaloa cartel were to implode, the rival Jalisco New Generation cartel would take over its fentanyl distribution to the United States, Felbab-Brown predicted.

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Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure

Al Jazeera  

The Mexican government also revealed it had detained thousands of migrants, as it attempts to appease Trump’s border concerns. In a statement on Wednesday, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of security and citizen protection, said the haul came after authorities took “two separate actions” in the coastal state of Sinaloa. Speaking to The Associated Press news agency, security analyst David …

Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border

Daily Mail  

The Mexican military seized the largest shipments of fentanyl in history Tuesday, just days after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to levy a 25 percent tax on products from Mexico due in part to the deadly drug crossing the border. Mexican authorities said they recovered more than 2,000 pounds of fentanyl in the largest such seizure in the nation's history The …

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers and marines have seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country’s history. “It is clear that the Mexican government has been managing the timing of fentanyl seizures,” said security analyst David Saucedo. “But under the pressure …

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Trending News
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

At the epicenter of the Mexican drug trade, a deadly power struggle shuts down a city
2 months, 2 weeks ago

At the epicenter of the Mexican drug trade, a deadly power struggle shuts down a city

LA Times  

In this city built from the spoils of Mexico’s richest drug-trafficking empire, they’re calling it the “narco-pandemia’’ — not a virus but a deadly reckoning inside the Sinaloa cartel that has left businesses shuttered, schools empty and the streets nearly deserted. One is loyal to Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the 76-year-old cartel co-founder who was recently captured in the United …

At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico
3 months ago

At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — At 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, authorities said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that two military personnel were among those killed in the fighting that started Sept. 9, despite the presence of …

Are Mexican drug cartels as powerful as people think?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Are Mexican drug cartels as powerful as people think?

LA Times  

Oswaldo Zavala is a Mexican academic and writer whose provocatively titled 2022 book — “Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture” — argues for a bold reframing of how to think about organized crime in his country. After the arrest last month of two leaders of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organization, The Times’ Kate Linthicum spoke …

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels

Associated Press  

TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday. Adrián López, the chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan, confirmed that gunmen linked to drug cartels shot to death seven members of the community police force in the town of Coahuayana over the weekend. The community …

Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in July
4 months ago

Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in July

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to infighting in the dominant drug smuggling cartel there, confirming fears of repercussions from the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders. Last month, Joaquín Guzmán López, a capo from one faction of the Sinaloa cartel — the …

A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico’s ruling party faces growing scandal
4 months, 1 week ago

A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico’s ruling party faces growing scandal

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — It was strange and surprising when Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July, but the story of how he got there is now growing into a scandal that threatens top figures in Mexico’s ruling party. On Thursday, federal prosecutors said Sinaloa state officials mishandled evidence in an apparent attempt to …

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders

LA Times  

Days after the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of two of Mexico’s most wanted fugitives, the details of what exactly transpired remain murky. “We need them to tell the truth.” The president has come under heavy criticism for being blindsided by the capture of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of notorious …

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, notorious leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, arrested in US
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, notorious leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, arrested in US

The Independent  

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Mexico’s efforts to seize US-bound fentanyl drop sharply, while seizures of meth soar
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico’s efforts to seize US-bound fentanyl drop sharply, while seizures of meth soar

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Even as Mexican-made fentanyl continues to flood into the United States, Mexico’s efforts to seize the drug have declined dramatically, according to figures released Tuesday by the Defense Department. While Mexican meth is exported widely to the United States — and also causes huge addiction problems there — unlike fentanyl, a huge amount of meth is also …

In Atlanta to promote fentanyl actions, Yellen announces sanctions against Mexican cartel
6 months ago

In Atlanta to promote fentanyl actions, Yellen announces sanctions against Mexican cartel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In Atlanta to promote the Biden administration’s efforts to quell the import of illegal drugs into the U.S., Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced new sanctions against members of a Mexican drug cartel accused of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, meth and migrants through the southern border. Included in the sanctions are eight members of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug …

Chinese shadow bankers helped Mexican cartel launder drug money, US says
6 months ago

Chinese shadow bankers helped Mexican cartel launder drug money, US says

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors in the United States have charged two dozen people over an alleged money laundering scheme involving Chinese shadow bankers and Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. Chinese underground money exchanges helped the cartel launder $50m in drug trafficking proceeds generated from the import of large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine between 2019 and 2023, the US Department of Justice said …

24 people charged in money laundering scheme involving Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors say
6 months ago

24 people charged in money laundering scheme involving Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors say

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A five-year investigation by U.S. officials has uncovered a complex partnership between one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels and Chinese underground banking groups in the U.S. that laundered money from the sale of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Associates of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel conspired with the Chinese groups to cover up …

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before

Associated Press  

COTIJA, Mexico — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. On Wednesday, the last official …

Spanish police say they’ve broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth
7 months, 1 week ago

Spanish police say they’ve broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spanish police dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after seizing 1.8 tons of the illegal drug, police said Thursday. Police said they made five arrests — a Mexican national whom police identified as the group’s leader, as well as three Spanish people and one Romanian — and raided six properties in the eastern …

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust

LA Times  

Authorities have arrested 15 people, including a Riverside County correctional deputy, in connection with a Sinaloa, Mexico, drug trafficking network in the Inland Empire. Culminating a yearlong investigation dubbed “Hotline Bling,” authorities in Riverside County have seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and arrested 15 people suspected of helping a Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel’s drug trafficking network, including a …

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can’t get enough for medical use, study finds
8 months, 1 week ago

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can’t get enough for medical use, study finds

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic. Nonetheless, Mexican cartels appear to be having no problem importing tons of precursor chemicals and making their own fentanyl, which they smuggle into the United …

Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between 2 warring drug cartels
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between 2 warring drug cartels

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Roman Catholic churchmen have helped arrange a truce between two warring drug cartels whose turf wars have blooded the state of Guerrero in southern Mexico, a priest said Thursday. The bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, said at the time that those talks failed because the drug gangs didn’t want to stop fighting over territory …

Guatemalan accused of importing fentanyl precursors for Mexican cartel arrested
10 months ago

Guatemalan accused of importing fentanyl precursors for Mexican cartel arrested

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Mexican authorities have detained a Guatemalan man wanted by the United States for allegedly participating in the importation of precursor chemicals used by the Sinaloa cartel to make fentanyl, officials said Monday. Immigration authorities stopped Jason Antonio Yang López at the airport in Tapachula on Sunday and turned him over to agents from the Chiapas state prosecutor’s …

Mexican president calls on civilians not to support drug cartels even if they pressure them
11 months ago

Mexican president calls on civilians not to support drug cartels even if they pressure them

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president called on citizens Friday not to support drug cartels, or oppose the installation of National Guard barracks, after a number of videos surfaced showing residents cheering convoys of cartel gunmen. Several videos have been posted on social media in recent weeks of villages in southern Chiapas, showing farmers lining roadways near the border with Guatemala …

In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis
11 months, 1 week ago

In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis

The Independent  

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Mexico’s arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families’ complex was likely personal
1 year ago

Mexico’s arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families’ complex was likely personal

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief, but according to details released Friday, the detention may have been highly personal for the Mexican army. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, who was arrested Wednesday, had ordered a 2019 attack on an unguarded apartment complex where …

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
1 year, 1 month ago

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson, said that the U.S. “will aggressively pursue all who are complicit operators and facilitators of these …

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

LA Times  

The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence said that the U.S. “will aggressively pursue all who are complicit operators and facilitators of these illicit fentanyl networks.” The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The …

Some GOP candidates want to use force against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won’t work
1 year, 2 months ago

Some GOP candidates want to use force against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won’t work

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border to be shot dead. Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Mexico’s leader of treating drug cartels as his “sugar daddy” and says that if he is elected president, “there will be a new daddy in town.” Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 nomination and long the person who …

Banners purportedly from Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel say gang has sworn off sales of fentanyl
1 year, 2 months ago

Banners purportedly from Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel say gang has sworn off sales of fentanyl

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Banners appeared Monday in northern Mexico purportedly signed by a faction of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel claiming that the gang has sworn off the sale and production of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The machine-printed banners purportedly signed by the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman claim they have prohibited the sale or production of fentanyl …

Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near Guatemala border
1 year, 2 months ago

Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near Guatemala border

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Drug cartel turf battles cut off a series of towns in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico’s president acknowledged Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the cartels have cut off electrical power in some towns, and forbidden government workers from coming in to the largely rural area to fix power …

Drug cartels are Mexico’s fifth largest employer with 175,000 on payroll, study finds
1 year, 2 months ago

Drug cartels are Mexico’s fifth largest employer with 175,000 on payroll, study finds

The Independent  

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Why America’s Republicans want to bomb Mexico
1 year, 3 months ago

Why America’s Republicans want to bomb Mexico

Hindustan Times  

MEXICANS ARE used to their country being used as a piñata during American election seasons. In 2015, in a speech to launch his presidential campaign, Donald Trump accused Mexico of sending drug traffickers, rapists and other criminals to America and promised to make Mexico’s government pay for a wall along the border. At the first Republican primary debate on August …

Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians
1 year, 5 months ago

Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. It appeared to be the first time that a Mexican cartel killed law enforcement personnel with improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and was the latest example of the increasingly open, military-style …

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills
1 year, 5 months ago

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills

LA Times  

Pharmacies in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with illicit substances and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals. Authorities in Mexico raided several Los Cabos drugstores last month and arrested four people as part of an ongoing investigation into pharmacies selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. The raids are important, Pineda said, “because the …

El Chapo’s son, three Sinaloa cartel leaders and two Mexican firms sanctioned for bringing fentanyl into US
1 year, 7 months ago

El Chapo’s son, three Sinaloa cartel leaders and two Mexican firms sanctioned for bringing fentanyl into US

The Independent  

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Sons of Mexico’s El Chapo: We don’t make fentanyl — or feed victims to tigers
1 year, 7 months ago

Sons of Mexico’s El Chapo: We don’t make fentanyl — or feed victims to tigers

LA Times  

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, is escorted at Mexico City’s airport after his capture in 2016. “We are victims of persecution and have been made into scapegoats.” Those are among the assertions in a startling letter to the media from “Los Chapitos,” sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — the notorious ex-kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel …

‘El Chapo’ sons charged with smuggling cheap fentanyl to US
1 year, 7 months ago

‘El Chapo’ sons charged with smuggling cheap fentanyl to US

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they smuggled into the U.S., prosecutors revealed in a recent indictment. Although Guzmán’s trial revolved around cocaine shipments, the case against his …

Case details Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl-fueled evolution
1 year, 7 months ago

Case details Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl-fueled evolution

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín …

‘El Chapo’ sons send Mexico cartel’s cheap fentanyl into U.S., indictment says
1 year, 7 months ago

‘El Chapo’ sons send Mexico cartel’s cheap fentanyl into U.S., indictment says

LA Times  

Ovidio Guzmán López is shown being detained by Mexican authorities in 2019. With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they smuggled into the U.S., prosecutors revealed in a recent indictment. Although Guzmán’s …

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl
1 year, 8 months ago

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl

NPR  

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl Enlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Justice Department U.S. Justice Department U.S. officials say they've identified and infiltrated the Mexican drug organization that's largely responsible for the fentanyl crisis killing tens of thousands of Americans every year. "While El Chapo's Sinaloa was about cocaine and meth, and …

Editorial: U.S.-Mexico officials must put aside animosity to stop fentanyl deaths
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: U.S.-Mexico officials must put aside animosity to stop fentanyl deaths

LA Times  

A round of indictments against a major Mexican fentanyl trafficking ring last week presents an opportunity to hobble the multinational drug enterprise killing people on both sides of the border — but only if leaders in the United States and Mexico can stop sniping at each other and overcome a rift between them. Gen. Merrick Garland, announcing the indictments against …

Mexico president slams US ‘spying’ after traffickers charged
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico president slams US ‘spying’ after traffickers charged

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at what he called U.S. “spying” and “interference” in Mexico, days after U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for smuggling massive amounts of fentanyl into the United States. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested Monday that the case had been built on information gathered by U.S. agents …

US Justice Department announces charges against 28 Sinaloa Cartel members, including El Chapo's sons
1 year, 8 months ago

US Justice Department announces charges against 28 Sinaloa Cartel members, including El Chapo's sons

Firstpost  

Washington: In a broad fentanyl trafficking investigation, the Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more than two dozen members of Mexico’s renowned Sinaloa Cartel, including the sons of infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered the three district indictments targeting the cartel’s global network while flanked by the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, …

El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
1 year, 8 months ago

El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more than two dozen members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation. The three Guzman sons charged — Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar — are known as the Chapitos, or …

US targets El Chapo sons, Chinese workers in sweeping drug action
1 year, 8 months ago

US targets El Chapo sons, Chinese workers in sweeping drug action

Al Jazeera  

United States authorities have targeted four sons of the notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo – known as the “Chapitos” – as well as individuals connected to Chinese chemical firms in a sweeping action meant to address fentanyl trafficking. On Friday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland called the drug enterprise run by the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel the “largest, most violent, …

‘El Chapo’ sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by U.S.
1 year, 8 months ago

‘El Chapo’ sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by U.S.

LA Times  

The Justice Department on Friday 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. The indictments charge four of Guzman’s sons — Ovidio Guzmán López, Joaquín Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar — who are known as the Chapitos, or little …

Mexico’s former drug czar found guilty of taking payoffs to protect cartels
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico’s former drug czar found guilty of taking payoffs to protect cartels

LA Times  

Mexico’s former top law enforcement official — once tasked with fighting the country’s drug cartels — was convicted in New York on Tuesday of taking millions of dollars in bribes from traffickers. Genaro García Luna, who headed Mexico’s federal police before serving as the nation’s secretary of public security more than a decade ago, was found guilty of cooperating with …

The complicated — and dangerous — economics of Mexican fentanyl
1 year, 10 months ago

The complicated — and dangerous — economics of Mexican fentanyl

LA Times  

For decades, Mexican cartels have made big money trafficking drugs. “In 2015, they changed the law to make it a little easier in theory, but it seems like doctors are still relatively reluctant to prescribe.” But even if prescribed oxycodone is difficult to come by, as Shover pointed out, “You don’t need a prescription to make a fentanyl fake.” Aside …

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