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

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 …

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4 days, 10 hours ago

Dos hijos de “El Chapo” negocian acuerdo de culpabilidad en EEUU

LA Times

ARCHIVO – En esta imagen tomada de un video y proporcionada por el gobierno de México, Ovidio Guzmán López es detenido en Culiacán, México, el 17 de octubre de 2019. Dos hijos del famoso narcotraficante mexicano, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, que enfrentan cargos de tráfico de drogas en Estados Unidos, están en negociaciones de declaración de culpabilidad con el gobierno …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024

Al Jazeera

The region has faced economic crises, a disputed vote in Venezuela, gangs in Haiti and cartel violence in Mexico. They said in a statement that Bolsonaro and 36 other people, including some of the ex-president’s aides and former government ministers, had planned the “violent overthrow of the democratic state”. Sinaloa violence surges after cartel boss’s arrest It was a big …

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1 month, 2 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks ago

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes court appearance in his US drug trafficking case

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 Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state's capital

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks 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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3 months 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, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks ago

Trial of reputed Mexican cartel leader’s son offers cautionary tale for ‘narco juniors’

LA Times

Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes a.ka. An evidence photo from the trial of Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez shows a rifle equipped with a grenade launcher emblazoned with his nickname, “Menchito.” Oseguera González’s counsel responded by telling jurors they should be skeptical of key witnesses “who have made that deal with the government” — an arrangement that he called “one of the underbellies …

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3 months, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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, 4 weeks 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, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks 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, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks 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, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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4 months ago

Mexican drug cartel leader will be transferred from Texas to New York

Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge on Friday said that a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who was arrested over the summer in the U.S. can be transferred from Texas to New York to face charges there. Zambada, 76, was arrested in July along with Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán,” after …

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4 months ago

Mexican drug cartel leader agrees to be transferred from Texas to New York

Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who has been held in Texas since his arrest in the U.S. over the summer does not oppose being transferred to New York to face charges there, according to a court filing Thursday. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, was arrested along with Joaquín Guzmán López, …

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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 …

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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” …

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

Dos hijos de “El Chapo” negocian acuerdo de culpabilidad en EEUU

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024

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

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

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes court appearance in his US drug trafficking case

Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state's capital

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

Trial of reputed Mexican cartel leader’s son offers cautionary tale for ‘narco juniors’

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

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

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 drug cartel leader will be transferred from Texas to New York

Mexican drug cartel leader agrees to be transferred from Texas to New York

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

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