Tag: <span>Sinaloa Cartel</span>

Mexico Will Seek to Extradite “El Chapo” After Drug Lord’s Recapture

Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office announced on Sunday that it has launched extradition proceedings against recaptured drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, but the Sinaloa Cartel leader is sure to battle […] Read More >

Senior Prison Officials Fired as Hunt for “El Chapo” Intensifies

Top Story — The head of Mexico’s prison system as well as two other prison officials, including the director of the Altiplano maximum-security prison from which powerful drug lord Joaquín […] Read More >

Mexico Arrests Zetas Leader Suspected Of Ordering Monterrey Casino Attack

Mexican defense officials said Thursday that they captured a top member of the Zetas drug cartel, who allegedly ordered the arson attack on a casino in Monterrey that killed 52 […] Read More >

Mexico: Two Severed Heads Found Near Defense Ministry In Capital

The decapitated heads of two men were found near Mexico’s Defense Ministry in Mexico City on Monday along with a note attributing the killings to the “Hand with Eyes” drug […] Read More >

Mexico: Zetas & Sinaloa Cartels Dominate Drug War

Today in Latin America Top Story — Five years after Mexican President Felipe Calderón launched his war against the country’s drug traffickers, two cartels have come to dominate Mexico’s drug […] Read More >

Wife Of Mexican Drug Lord “El Chapo” Guzmán Gives Birth In U.S.

The wife of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and Mexico’s most wanted man gave birth to twin girls at a hospital in northern Los Angeles County last month, according […] Read More >

Guatemala Detains 2 Suspects In Killing Of Facundo Cabral; Body Returned To Argentina

Two men have been detained in last weekend’s killing of famed Argentine folksinger Facundo Cabral in Guatemala, according to a Guatemalan investigator. The suspects were seen on a hotel surveillance tape […] Read More >

Guatemala’s Colom Blames Drug Cartels In Death Of Folksinger Cabral

Today in Latin America Top Story — Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom said Monday that organized crime groups were behind the shooting death of one of Latin America’s most revered folksingers […] Read More >

Peru To Pass Colombia As World’s Largest Coca Producer, UN Report Says

Peru may soon take over the title of world’s top coca producer from Colombia, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations (UN). For the fifth straight year, […] Read More >

Juárez Police Chief Will Fire 400 Officers To Clean Up Force And Combat Drug Cartels

The new police chief of Ciudad Juárez announced that he plans to lay off 400 officers by the end of the year, during one of his first interviews since taking […] Read More >