Mexican cartel leader who dismembered six-year-old girl while she was still alive jailed for life
7 years, 8 months ago

Mexican cartel leader who dismembered six-year-old girl while she was still alive jailed for life

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Mexican drug cartel kingpin who dismembered a six-year-old girl with an axe in front of her parents has been sentenced to seven consecutive life terms in a US prison. Marciano Millan-Vasquez, who was a member of the 'Los Zetas' organised crime gang, "brutally murdered anyone and everyone as it suited him and his cartel", the prosecuting lawyer said. At one of the gory murders – the horrific slaughter of a young girl – he reportedly told her father the crime was "so you can remember me", before ordering the murder of both parents. One former member of the cartel told the court Millan-Vasquez had taken part in a 2011 massacre in which up to 300 people were allegedly kidnapped, with many never seen again.

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Mexican cartel leader’s son is sentenced to life in prison for role in major drug trafficking plot
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Mexican cartel leader’s son is sentenced to life in prison for role in major drug trafficking plot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss was sentenced Friday to life in prison for helping his father run one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. The younger Oseguera faced a maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum of 40 years in prison when U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell sentenced …

Mexico reviewing request from cartel leader jailed in the US to be sent back
3 weeks ago

Mexico reviewing request from cartel leader jailed in the US to be sent back

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government is reviewing a petition by Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of the Sinaloa cartel who is jailed in the United States, to be returned to Mexico for trial, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday. Sheinbaum noted that Mexico’s attorney general was already investigating the circumstances of how Zambada was arrested in the U.S. with …

Mexican cartel leader's son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexican cartel leader's son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot

The Independent  

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Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader set to be arraigned in New York
6 months ago

Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader set to be arraigned in New York

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Notorious Mexican drug cartel kingpin dubbed ‘Friend Killer’ released from US prison
6 months, 1 week ago

Notorious Mexican drug cartel kingpin dubbed ‘Friend Killer’ released from US prison

The Independent  

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Kidnapping, capture, cover-up? Cremated body baffles Mexican officials in ‘El Mayo’ arrest
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kidnapping, capture, cover-up? Cremated body baffles Mexican officials in ‘El Mayo’ arrest

LA Times  

The shadow of presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, founder of the ruling party, Morena, is cast on a screen as he gives his first victory speech at his campaign headquarters at the Hilton hotel in Mexico City in 2018. Now, top Mexican officials say investigators may have faked evidence in a politician’s killing the same day that kingpins Ismael …

Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
7 months ago

Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The 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. U.S. officials say Joaquín Guzmán López — a son of imprisoned cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — flew to the United States to turn …

Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
7 months ago

Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada

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Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
7 months, 1 week ago

Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader on Thursday made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, used a wheelchair for the hearing before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso. Zambada, the longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, eluded authorities for …

Mexican cartel leader known as “El Mayo” pleads not guilty in federal court
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexican cartel leader known as “El Mayo” pleads not guilty in federal court

LA Times  

Soldiers patrol in Culiacan, the northern Mexico city that is the base of the Sinaloa cartel, on Oct. 18, 2019. Two of Mexico’s most powerful drug traffickers — one a longtime partner of the Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the other his son — were taken into U.S. custody on Thursday afternoon, a pair of arrests likely to …

Vigilante mob in Mexico tourist city brutally beats woman accused of kidnapping girl
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Vigilante mob in Mexico tourist city brutally beats woman accused of kidnapping girl

The Independent  

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13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket in L.A. County jails
1 year ago

13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket in L.A. County jails

LA Times  

A tier of Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles is shown. Authorities this week charged 13 people with collecting money from drug sales and extorted commissary goods inside the Los Angeles County jails on behalf of Michael “Mosca” Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who controlled the jail rackets until his death in July. On a recorded jail phone in …

At least 29 people killed in violence following arrest of Mexican cartel boss El Chapo’s son
2 years, 2 months ago

At least 29 people killed in violence following arrest of Mexican cartel boss El Chapo’s son

The Independent  

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Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17
2 years, 2 months ago

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

The Independent  

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Mexico questions US on whereabouts of notorious drug lord nicknamed ‘La Barbie’
2 years, 3 months ago

Mexico questions US on whereabouts of notorious drug lord nicknamed ‘La Barbie’

The Independent  

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Seven bodies found dumped at Mexico tourist area
2 years, 9 months ago

Seven bodies found dumped at Mexico tourist area

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Mexican cop gets life in prison for helping Sinaloa Cartel traffic more than $1BILLION in cocaine
3 years ago

Mexican cop gets life in prison for helping Sinaloa Cartel traffic more than $1BILLION in cocaine

Daily Mail  

A former Mexican police officer was sentenced to life in prison last week by a Texas court for aiding the Sinaloa Cartel in trafficking $1 billion of cocaine to the United States. Arturo Shows Urquidi, 50, was a member of the Chihuahua state police before he joined the ranks of the transnational cartel co-founded by Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, according …

Wife of Mexican drug lord El Mencho arrested
3 years, 3 months ago

Wife of Mexican drug lord El Mencho arrested

The Independent  

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Son of Mexican cartel boss to stay in custody, pending trial
5 years ago

Son of Mexican cartel boss to stay in custody, pending trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to release the son of a fugitive Mexican drug kingpin pending the start of the son’s narcotics trial. Federal prosecutors had argued last week that Ruben Oseguera was a obvious flight risk and should remain in custody. His father is Nemesio Oseguera, also known as “El Mencho,” is the reputed head of …

El Chapo: Mexico president calls life sentence ‘inhumane’ as drug lord moved to supermax prison
5 years, 7 months ago

El Chapo: Mexico president calls life sentence ‘inhumane’ as drug lord moved to supermax prison

The Independent  

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Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison
5 years, 7 months ago

Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, expressing no remorse over his conviction for a massive drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for more than two decades. Before handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said Guzman’s complaints were minor …

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison
5 years, 7 months ago

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison

Al Jazeera  

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tonnes of drugs into the United States was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Wednesday. The evidence showed that under Guzman’s orders, the Sinaloa Cartel was responsible for smuggling mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the …

Man who impregnated 11-year-old girl jailed for 60 years
6 years, 1 month ago

Man who impregnated 11-year-old girl jailed for 60 years

The Independent  

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Mexico shooting: Nine dead after armed attackers burst into house and open fire in Monterrey; probe underway
7 years, 1 month ago

Mexico shooting: Nine dead after armed attackers burst into house and open fire in Monterrey; probe underway

Firstpost  

Authorities investigating the slaying of nine men at a house in Monterrey, Mexico said Sunday small local drug-trafficking groups appeared to be involved Monterrey : Authorities investigating the slaying of nine men at a house in Monterrey, Mexico said on Sunday that small local drug-trafficking groups appeared to be involved but not major drug cartels. The men were watching a …

Noted journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico’s Sinaloa
7 years, 9 months ago

Noted journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico’s Sinaloa

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Javier Valdez, an award-winning reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain Monday in the northern state of Sinaloa, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in Mexico. Valdez was a nationally and internationally recognized journalist who authored several books on the drug trade, including “Narcoperiodismo” and “Los Morros del Narco.” The …

Murder, torture, drugs: Cartel kingpin’s wife says that’s not the ‘El Chapo’ she knows
9 years ago

Murder, torture, drugs: Cartel kingpin’s wife says that’s not the ‘El Chapo’ she knows

LA Times  

Emma Coronel Aispuro recounts how she met Joaquin Guzman at a dance – and how authorities moved in to arrest him early one morning in 2014. “He is like any other man — of course he is not violent, not rude,” says Coronel, who insists she has never seen her husband act violently or take drugs. “He would be incapable …

Fear pervasive after riot in Mexico prison leaves 49 inmates hacked, beaten and burnt to death
9 years, 1 month ago

Fear pervasive after riot in Mexico prison leaves 49 inmates hacked, beaten and burnt to death

Firstpost  

A prison riot that left 49 inmates hacked, beaten or burned to death opened searing questions about gang rule, extortion and human rights violations in Mexico’s overcrowded prisons, where people merely awaiting trial are mixed in with some of the world’s most hardened killers. Monterrey, Mexico: A prison riot that left 49 inmates hacked, beaten or burned to death opened …

Two of Mexico’s most notorious criminals are in custody in the United States
9 years, 5 months ago

Two of Mexico’s most notorious criminals are in custody in the United States

LA Times  

One is an American citizen who rose through the ranks of one of Mexico’s most vicious drug cartels. Edgar “La Barbie” Valdez Villarreal and Jorge Eduardo “El Coss” Costilla Sanchez were in custody in the United States on Thursday after their extraditions from Mexico. Here is a look at their background: “La Barbie” Valdez, 42, has a reputation as one …

Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman captured
11 years ago

Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman captured

Live Mint  

Mexico City: Joaquin Guzman was nicknamed “Shorty,” but he was the biggest drug trafficker in the world, amassing a fortune while authorities hunted for the elusive Mexican cartel kingpin. Mexican interior minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said in 2013 that capturing Guzman was “the most important objective” of the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto, who took office in December …

Timeline: Mexico’s drug war politics
12 years, 5 months ago

Timeline: Mexico’s drug war politics

Al Jazeera  

With more than 60,000 dead since 2006, Mexico’s drug violence shows no signs of abating. 2003 – Mexican soldiers capture Osiel Cardenas, leader of the Gulf Cartel based in eastern Mexico, after a shootout between troops and gunmen in the border city of Matamoros. 2008 – Guzman’s hitmen take on the Juarez Cartel in the northern border city of Ciudad …

Drug lord 'the Barbie' captured, says Mexico
14 years, 6 months ago

Drug lord 'the Barbie' captured, says Mexico

The Hindu  

Federal police on Monday captured a long—sought, alleged Texas—born gang kingpin who faces drug trafficking charges in the U.S. and has been blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges and shootouts in central Mexico. President Felipe Calderon also announced the capture on Twitter, calling Valdez “one of the most—wanted criminals in Mexico and abroad.” …

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