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3 days, 18 hours ago

California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

LA Times

As Sunday Powers drove along a remote highway in Alaska, her boss tracked her every move from 3,000 miles away. “This guy’s very intelligent,” Powers’ brother, Charles Hills, said of Sanchez. Prison officials developed leads that thwarted “planned violence” at Sanchez’s prison, said the spokeswoman, Terri Hardy. Her brother said she was recruited by one of Sanchez’s “wives,” who had …

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2 weeks, 4 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Fear and loathing in Culiacan, Sinaloa

Al Jazeera

‘The situation’ in the home city of one of Mexico’s most notorious cartels is explosive and likely to get much worse with Trump’s return to power. As the US Council on Foreign Relations noted in August, shortly after El Mayo’s detention, Mexico “has seen more than 431,000 homicides since 2006, when the government declared war on the cartels” with US …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

LA Times

Eddie Escobedo Jr. is carrying on the hibachi restaurant business started by his father, a convicted Sinaloa cartel marijuana trafficker known as “El Mago,” who was killed Nov. 23, 2023. The oldest, Eddie Escobedo Jr., says he knows he will always be known first and foremost as “El Mago’s son,” though his dad never wanted his children to follow him …

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2 months ago

Truth about lethal 'pink cocaine': Narcos warn new designer drug cocktail is cooked up by the sons of El Chapo is flooding US and UK

Daily Mail

Also known as 2C, tusi or cocaina rosada so-called 'pink cocaine' has seen a rise in publicity and use in the US and UK. A report from the US Drug Enforcement Agency flagged pink cocaine as a rising concern and noted the Sinaloa Cartel was taking advantage of growing interest in the drug. Pictured messages from an alleged drug dealer …

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2 months ago

Police and Prosecutors Conspire to Cover Up Murder of Drug Opponent

Associated Press

Police, prosecutors, and forensic examiners in Mexico's Sinaloa state conspired to cover up the killing of an opponent's rival drug lord. The body of an imprisoned drug lord, Héctor Cuén, was found at the crime scene, but the authorities have been unable to solve the riddle surrounding the number of gunshot wounds and the post-mortem records. The incident has complicated …

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2 months ago

In Mexico's bloodied Sinaloa state, police and prosecutors conspired to cover up opponent's killing

The Independent

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2 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?

LA Times

In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no higher-ranking official than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States. “You cannot parade this series of awards… it doesn’t wash, it doesn’t add up.” Cogan, who also presided over the case of El Chapo, told the former security chief: “You have the same kind of thuggishness as El …

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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 …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

She defended 'El Chapo.' Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career

The Independent

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3 months ago

Mexican President blames the U.S. for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges

The Hindu

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed the United States in part on Thursday for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week. for having carried out this operation.” The recent surge in cartel warfare had been expected after Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of …

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3 months ago

Mexican president responds to allegations from jailed ex-security chief: ‘Show the proof’

LA Times

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country’s disgraced ex-security chief — jailed in the United States and facing a possible life sentence for corruption — that he has links to drug cartels. “Show the proof.” The president denied charges that surfaced in a handwritten letter from Genaro García Luna sent Tuesday by his lawyer to …

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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 …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Tropical Storm Ileana makes landfall on Mexico’s Sinaloa coast after pounding Los Cabos

LA Times

This NOAA satellite image shows Tropical Storm Ileana, left, over Mexico at 3:10 p.m. Pacific time on Saturday. Tropical Storm Ileana made landfall on the Mexican coast in Sinaloa state a day after it pounded the resort-studded Los Cabos. The tropical storm formed Thursday off Mexico’s Pacific coast and was packing winds of 40 mph as it moved ashore Saturday, …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s president asks Sinaloa cartel to act ‘responsibly’ as violence escalates in the north

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday asked the warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel to act “responsibly” so no one else gets killed, after a week of escalating violence nearly paralyzed the Sinaloa state capital, Culiacan. Asked by a journalist if he trusted that the cartels would heed his call, López Obrador answered bluntly: “The …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Mexican cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in a U.S. drug trafficking case that accuses him of engaging in murder plots and ordering torture. Sought by U.S. law enforcement for more than two decades, Zambada has been in U.S. custody since July 25, when he landed in a private …

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3 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Mexican city of Culiacan is near a standstill over fears of cartel clashes

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Schools and businesses in Culiacan, the state capital of Sinaloa remained closed and festivities around Mexican Independence were canceled Thursday as fears over clashes between factions of the Sinaloa cartel disrupt life in the northern city of 1 million. Security forces are “dissuading some violent acts but above all reducing the risks to the population to a …

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Mexican city of Culiacan is near a standstill over fears of cartel clashes

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexican military is attacked and roads blocked in Sinaloa state, authorities say

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Thursday there have been attacks on military personnel and roads blocked with vehicles in northern Sinaloa state. “We are aware that military personnel suffered an attack,” the Sinaloa state police department wrote in its social media accounts. Rubén Rocha wrote that assailants had set two vehicles on fire “with the aim of blocking authorities.” …

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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

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

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

Fear and loathing in Culiacan, Sinaloa

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

Truth about lethal 'pink cocaine': Narcos warn new designer drug cocktail is cooked up by the sons of El Chapo is flooding US and UK

Police and Prosecutors Conspire to Cover Up Murder of Drug Opponent

In Mexico's bloodied Sinaloa state, police and prosecutors conspired to cover up opponent's killing

Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?

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

She defended 'El Chapo.' Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career

Mexican President blames the U.S. for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges

Mexican president responds to allegations from jailed ex-security chief: ‘Show the proof’

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

Tropical Storm Ileana makes landfall on Mexico’s Sinaloa coast after pounding Los Cabos

Mexico’s president asks Sinaloa cartel to act ‘responsibly’ as violence escalates in the north

Mexican cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges

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

Mexican city of Culiacan is near a standstill over fears of cartel clashes

Mexican city of Culiacan is near a standstill over fears of cartel clashes

Mexican military is attacked and roads blocked in Sinaloa state, authorities say

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