A Mexican cartel leader arrested in the US faked his death and assumed a phony name, prosecutors say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Mexican cartel leader arrested in the US faked his death and assumed a phony name, prosecutors say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A high-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel who lived in the U.S. under a phony identity after faking his own death has been arrested on federal charges, the Justice Department said Thursday. Cristian Fernando Gutierrez Ochoa — the son-in-law of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation cartel boss known as “El Mencho” — was arrested this week on drug trafficking and money laundering offenses in Riverside, California, where he had been living using a fake name after fleeing Mexico, prosecutors said. His father-in-law, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes or “El Mencho,” told associates he killed Gutierrez Ochoa for lying, helping the man escape to the U.S. to be with “El Mencho’s” daughter, the Justice Department said. “The Jalisco Cartel — one of the world’s most violent and prolific drug trafficking organizations — is weaker today because of the tenacious efforts of law enforcement to track down and arrest a cartel leader who allegedly faked his own death and assumed a false identity to evade justice and live a life of luxury in California,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a statement.

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2 sons of Mexican cartel leader ‘El Chapo’ are in plea negotiations with US, attorneys say
3 days, 14 hours ago

2 sons of Mexican cartel leader ‘El Chapo’ are in plea negotiations with US, attorneys say

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Two sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” facing sweeping drug-trafficking charges in the U.S. are in plea negotiations with the federal government, attorneys acknowledged Tuesday in a Chicago courtroom. It came months after his brother, Joaquin Guzmán López, was arrested in an astonishing capture by U.S. authorities in Texas with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime …

6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash
1 month ago

6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semitrailer truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants, authorities said. According to an indictment unsealed Monday in Laredo, Texas, Guatemalan authorities arrested Tomas Quino Canil, 36; Alberto Marcario Chitic, 31; Oswaldo Manuel Zavala Quino, 24; and …

Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader set to be arraigned in New York
3 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Mexico suggests US made a deal with Mexican drug lord to get his brother transferred from prison
4 months, 1 week ago

Mexico suggests US made a deal with Mexican drug lord to get his brother transferred from prison

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico suggested Thursday that U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and another capo, to get his brother transferred from a U.S. prison. Instead, Mexican prosecutors are bringing charges against the younger Guzmán for apparently kidnapping Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada — an older drug boss from a rival …

Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against Joaquín Guzmán López, but not because he was a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel founded by his father, Joaquín “El Chapo” …

Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022

The Independent  

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Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
4 months, 4 weeks 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
4 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
5 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 …

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders
5 months, 1 week 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 …

Attorney for cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada says his client was kidnapped and brought to the US
5 months, 1 week ago

Attorney for cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada says his client was kidnapped and brought to the US

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody pushed back Sunday against claims that his client was tricked into flying into the country, saying he was “forcibly kidnapped” by the son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada had eluded authorities for decades and had never set foot in …

Mexican drug lord 'El Mayo', leader of Sinaloa cartel, arrested in US
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexican drug lord 'El Mayo', leader of Sinaloa cartel, arrested in US

India Today  

Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, the US Justice Department said. "The Justice Department has taken into custody two additional alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world," the …

24 people charged in money laundering scheme involving Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors say
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to US to face charges, Justice Department says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to US to face charges, Justice Department says

The Independent  

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Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to US to face charges, Justice Department says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to US to face charges, Justice Department says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel who was arrested by Mexican authorities last fall has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug, gun and witness retaliation charges, the Justice Department said Saturday. The Justice Department last year announced a slew of charges against cartel leaders, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration posted a $3 million …

Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to U.S. to face charges, Justice Department says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to U.S. to face charges, Justice Department says

LA Times  

Gen. Merrick Garland said in a statement that a commander of a group that provided security for the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been extradited to the U.S. A top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel who was arrested by Mexican authorities last fall has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug, gun and …

Honduran ex-president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in NYC
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Honduran ex-president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in NYC

Hindustan Times  

NEW YORK — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. That Hernández is being tried in the U.S. rather than his native country underscores Honduras’ institutional weakness, says Raúl Pineda Alvarado, a Honduran political analyst and former three-term congressman from Hernández’s National Party. Federal prosecutors in …

Honduran ex-president on trial in New York, accused of running country as a ‘narco-state’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Honduran ex-president on trial in New York, accused of running country as a ‘narco-state’

LA Times  

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, center, in a courtroom sketch of his appearance in federal court in New York City on Tuesday, nearly two years after his extradition to the U.S. on drug trafficking and weapons charges. Federal prosecutors in New York spent years working their way up through Honduran drug trafficking organizations before reaching the person many believed …

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

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

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

The Independent  

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Mexico celebrates ex-defense chief once arrested at LAX on suspicion of drug smuggling
1 year, 2 months ago

Mexico celebrates ex-defense chief once arrested at LAX on suspicion of drug smuggling

LA Times  

Former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos‘s 2020 arrest in the U.S. on suspicion of drug smuggling strained relations between the two countries. A former Mexican defense secretary whose arrest in the U.S. in 2020 on suspicion of drug smuggling strained relations between the two countries was celebrated Wednesday with an honorary military decoration. In October 2020, Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos was …

Mexico extradites Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa cartel leader ‘El Chapo’, to United States
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico extradites Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa cartel leader ‘El Chapo’, to United States

The Independent  

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Alleged Mexican drug cartel hitman pleads guilty to charges
1 year, 5 months ago

Alleged Mexican drug cartel hitman pleads guilty to charges

The Independent  

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Alleged Mexican drug cartel hitman pleads guilty to charges
1 year, 5 months ago

Alleged Mexican drug cartel hitman pleads guilty to charges

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — An accused hitman for a Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges, ending a nearly 20-year-old investigation involving dozens of defendants. Juan Francisco Sillas-Rocha, of Tijuana, Mexico, pleaded guilty to three charges in a hearing before Chief Judge Peter Welte in Fargo, North Dakota, including conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of the continuing …

Former anti-kidnapping head arrested in Mexico’s Ayotzinapa case
1 year, 6 months ago

Former anti-kidnapping head arrested in Mexico’s Ayotzinapa case

Al Jazeera  

Gualberto Ramírez Gutiérrez was arrested on Sunday over charges of alleged torture and forced disappearances in Mexico. The former head of Mexico’s federal anti-kidnapping unit has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students in 2014, an incident that has raised questions about the influence of organised crime within the government. Gualberto Ramírez Gutiérrez was taken into …

‘El Chapo’ sons send Mexico cartel’s cheap fentanyl into U.S., indictment says
1 year, 8 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 …

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’s sons among 28 Sinaloa drug cartel members charged by Justice Department
1 year, 8 months ago

El Chapo’s sons among 28 Sinaloa drug cartel members charged by Justice Department

The Independent  

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Mexico Kidnapping and Killing of US Citizens Case: Diplomatic Rift Ensues despite Five Arrests
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico Kidnapping and Killing of US Citizens Case: Diplomatic Rift Ensues despite Five Arrests

News 18  

Mexican authorities have arrested five people over the deadly kidnapping of a group of Americans, after the suspects were left in the street with their hands tied by alleged cartel members, officials said Friday. The two survivors, one of whom suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, were returned to the United States on Tuesday via a land border crossing, …

US requests extradition of El Chapo’s son, Mexico says
1 year, 10 months ago

US requests extradition of El Chapo’s son, Mexico says

Al Jazeera  

Ovidio Guzman was arrested in January triggering a wave of violence in Sinaloa, the stronghold of their drug empire. The United States has asked Mexico to extradite a powerful son of jailed druglord Joaquin Guzman, better known as El Chapo, who is accused of drugs crimes, a Mexican government spokesperson has said. The US embassy in Mexico City presented the …

Extradition of cartel boss El Chapo’s son to US halted by judge
2 years ago

Extradition of cartel boss El Chapo’s son to US halted by judge

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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Dramatic video shows cartel gunmen attacking Mexican plane over arrest of El Chapo’s son
2 years ago

Dramatic video shows cartel gunmen attacking Mexican plane over arrest of El Chapo’s son

The Independent  

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Mexico arrests capo Ovidio Guzman, son of 'El Chapo,' sources say
2 years ago

Mexico arrests capo Ovidio Guzman, son of 'El Chapo,' sources say

India Today  

Mexican capo Ovidio Guzman, the son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has been arrested by Mexican authorities, four officials familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Ovidio was briefly detained in the northern state of Sinaloa in October 2019 by security forces, but then quickly released to avoid violent retribution from his drug gang. A Mexican air …

Cartel lays siege to Mexican city after recapture of the son of ‘El Chapo’
2 years ago

Cartel lays siege to Mexican city after recapture of the son of ‘El Chapo’

LA Times  

Ovidio Guzmán, a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, is taken into custody by Mexican security forces in 2019. Armed men took hostages, burned vehicles and stormed an airport in northern Mexico on Thursday after federal forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, one of the world’s most wanted cartel leaders and the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Even …

Mexican army says Jalisco drug cartel kidnapped colonel
2 years ago

Mexican army says Jalisco drug cartel kidnapped colonel

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican army said late Friday that the violent Jalisco drug cartel has kidnapped a colonel who commanded a detachment in the gang-dominated northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas. The kidnapping of Col. José Isidro Grimaldo Muñoz occurred farther south while he was on vacation in the state of Jalisco, the cartel’s home …

Alleged Mexican cartel hitman extradited to North Dakota
2 years, 3 months ago

Alleged Mexican cartel hitman extradited to North Dakota

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — An accused prolific hitman for a Mexican drug cartel has been transferred to face federal charges in North Dakota, nearly 11 years after he was apprehended in Tijuana. Authorities said Sillas-Rocha was a top lieutenant for the Arellano Felix cartel, which for decades smuggled cocaine, marijuana and other drugs into the United States. Sillas-Rocha, known as “Ruedas,” …

EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras leader long in US prosecutors’ sights
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras leader long in US prosecutors’ sights

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was arrested at the request of the United States on drug trafficking charges Tuesday and a Honduran judge will decide if he is eventually extradited to stand trial in the U.S. Most of the allegations those prosecutors have made against Hernández come from two trials, that of Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández, …

Suspect on most wanted list captured after 16 years on the run
2 years, 11 months ago

Suspect on most wanted list captured after 16 years on the run

The Independent  

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6 charged with bid to smuggle arsenal to Mexican drug cartel
2 years, 11 months ago

6 charged with bid to smuggle arsenal to Mexican drug cartel

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Six men have been charged with plotting to smuggle assault weapons and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, including.50-caliber armor piercing bullets, to one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, authorities announced Monday. The alleged ringleader of the scheme, Marco Antonio Santillan Valencia, 51, of Whittier, California, and three other men were arrested last week while …

Wife of Mexican drug lord El Mencho arrested
3 years, 1 month ago

Wife of Mexican drug lord El Mencho arrested

The Independent  

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Mexican cartel chief El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested in US on drug charges
3 years, 10 months ago

Mexican cartel chief El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested in US on drug charges

Firstpost  

Aispuro is charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs in the US and is accused of helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison in 2015 Washington: The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested Monday in the United States and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a …

US arrests wife of Mexico cartel chief El Chapo on drug charges
3 years, 10 months ago

US arrests wife of Mexico cartel chief El Chapo on drug charges

Hindustan Times  

The wife of Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested and charged in the United States on Monday with helping her husband continue to run his drug trafficking cartel while he was behind bars. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, a regular attendee at her husband's high-profile US trial two years ago where he was convicted of trafficking tons …

Mexico clears ex-defense secretary of all US accusations
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexico clears ex-defense secretary of all US accusations

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors on Thursday declared completely unfounded the U.S. case against a former defense secretary arrested on drug charges in the United States and then returned under pressure from the Mexican government. In a surprisingly quick process, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office announced that Cienfuegos presented evidence in five days that it said completely disproved what it described …

Mexican president accuses U.S. of fabricating drug case against ex-defense chief
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexican president accuses U.S. of fabricating drug case against ex-defense chief

LA Times  

In a move certain to escalate tensions with the United States, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of fabricating a case against a former Mexican defense minister who was arrested on drug trafficking charges at Los Angeles International Airport last year. “Without support, without proof?” Saying it would bolster his claims, López Obrador …

‘Cartel boss’ arrested over 2019 killing of Mormon family in Mexico
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Cartel boss’ arrested over 2019 killing of Mormon family in Mexico

The Independent  

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Former Mexican defense chief will return home a free man after U.S. drops drug charges
4 years, 1 month ago

Former Mexican defense chief will return home a free man after U.S. drops drug charges

LA Times  

Less than a week after a former Mexican defense secretary was arrested on drug trafficking charges at Los Angeles International Airport last month, Mexican authorities summoned the U.S. ambassador to express their dismay — an action followed by a formal note of protest to Washington. In explaining the extraordinary decision to suddenly end a multiyear investigation, U.S. authorities said in …

Mexico stunned by L.A. arrest of former defense chief allegedly on drug cartel’s payroll
4 years, 2 months ago

Mexico stunned by L.A. arrest of former defense chief allegedly on drug cartel’s payroll

LA Times  

Retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, former defense minister, was arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport on federal charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. In 2016, he denounced traffickers who had ambushed a military convoy, killing six soldiers, as “sick, insane beasts.” Now Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda — who served as defense minister from 2012 to 2018 under then-President Enrique …

Mexico arrests ‘El Marro,’ gang leader at the center of a bloody cartel war
4 years, 5 months ago

Mexico arrests ‘El Marro,’ gang leader at the center of a bloody cartel war

LA Times  

A woman reacts after 27 people were killed in Guanajuato, Mexico, on July 1. Videos show the predawn capture by federal and state authorities of José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, who is known by the alias “El Marro,” which means “the Sledgehammer.” He was detained along with five others in a raid that authorities said also freed a kidnapped businesswoman. In …

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