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

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, 6 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 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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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, 1 week 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

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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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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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 …

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4 months 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” …

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4 months ago

Drug cartels’ turf war in Mexico’s Chiapas state sends villagers fleeing to Guatemala

LA Times

In their native village in southern Mexico, people once lived a tranquil existence. They are among thousands of people displaced by an escalating turf war that has engulfed much of Mexico’s Chiapas state — known for its Indigenous cultures, spectacular nature, Maya ruins and picturesque colonial towns — in the sort of violence that has already convulsed so much of …

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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 …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Mexican authorities investigating possible treason in Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada arrest

ABC

Mexico is investigating the events leading up to Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's arrest at a United States airfield last month to determine whether treason was committed via the forcible abduction of a Mexican citizen and their delivery to US authorities. The Sinaloa Cartel co-founder was detained on July 25 at a New Mexico airfield along with one of the sons …

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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 …

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4 months, 1 week 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 …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

US says El Chapo son surrendered but El Mayo taken against will from Mexico

Al Jazeera

US ambassador to Mexico says no US resources were involved in the removal of El Mayo from Mexico to arrest in Texas. The US ambassador to Mexico has acknowledged that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas in July on a plane along with fellow drug …

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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

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

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

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

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

Are Mexican drug cartels as powerful as people think?

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

Drug cartels’ turf war in Mexico’s Chiapas state sends villagers fleeing to Guatemala

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

Mexican authorities investigating possible treason in Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada arrest

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

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

US says El Chapo son surrendered but El Mayo taken against will from Mexico