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Mexican President Organizes Song Contest To Counter Popular Genre Glorifying Cartels

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a song contest to counter narcocorridos, the genre glorifying cartels

Latin Times

Mexican Attorney General Confirms Human Remains Were Found By Authorities Inside Extermination Camp

Mexico's Attorney General revealed that federal investigations suggest local police officers in Jalisco colluded with drug cartels at the extermination center

Latin Times

Survivor of Cartel Extermination Camp Reveals How Captives Were Lured: "They Told Us We Could Earn a Visa"

According to evidence found inside the property, the Izaguirre Ranch was allegedly used by the Jalisco cartel as a training, confinement and extermination center

Latin Times

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Mexican President Anticipates More Details About Cartel Extermination Center Will Be Revealed Next Week

The president of Mexico has announced that the Attorney General's office will disclose its findings regarding the recently discovered cartel extermination center.

Latin Times

Cartels Could Start Targeting Americans Over Terrorism Designation, Expert Warns

Michael Ballard, director of Intelligence for Global Guardian LLC, told Border Report warned that the scenario could back cartels into a corner and could lead them to make dangerous decisions

Latin Times

Five Months Into Cartel Turf Wars In Sinaloa, Over 800 People Have Been Killed But Only 24 Detained For Homicide

Between September and December of 2024, only 24 people were detained for alleged homicide out of 555 cases

Latin Times

White House Accuses Mexico of 'Alliance' With Cartels; Mexican President Condemns 'Slanderous' Allegation

Tensions escalate as Mexico rejects U.S. allegations, arguing that the American arms trade plays a key role in strengthening criminal groups.

Latin Times

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New Generation of Mexican Cartel Leaders Are Much More Violent Than Their Predecessors, Specialist Says

The new wave of drug lords are allegedly prioritizing endeavors with short-term profits such as extortion, human trafficking and illegal mining and logging

Latin Times

Former Top Mexican Security Official Moved To Another Prison In The U.S. While Authorities Determine His Fate

Genaro García Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison for conspiring with the Sinaloa Cartel

Latin Times

Almost 10 Thousand People Have Been Displaced Due to Cartel-Related Violence in Mexico in 2024

More than 392,000 people have had to leave their homes due to cartel-related violence between 2008 and 2023

Latin Times

Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Mexico v. Smith & Wesson

A cartel-dominated state blames America’s lawful gun industry for its violence.

Reason

Zeta drug lord continued to control cartel from inside a Mexican prison, says US indictment

A U.S. indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia claims that the leader of one of Mexico's most violent gangs continued to control an offshoot group, the Northeast Cartel, from inside a Mexican prison

The Independent UK

Dozens Have Been Detained in Sinaloa Since the Beginning of Cartel Turf Wars in Northern Mexico

More than 150 vehicles have also been confiscated from criminal groups, including 35 armored vehicles and eight cloned units

Latin Times

Mexican Turf Wars Have a New Front as the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels Intensify Fighting

There have been seven shootings in Tijuana involving both cartels in recent weeks

Latin Times

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Even Luis Miguel isn't Safe From Sinaloa Cartel Violence—Culiacán Concert Canceled

After two weeks of violence, Luis Miguel's concert in Culiacán, part of his two year tour, has been canceled.

The Independent UK

Mexican cartel leader's son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot

The son of a Mexican drug cartel leader has been convicted of charges that he used violence to help his father operate one of the country’s largest and most dangerous narcotics trafficking organizations

Latin Times

Mexican President AMLO Says U.S. is Partly to Blame for Cartel Violence in Sinaloa

"Yes, of course... for having carried out this operation," the president said when asked if the American government was "jointly responsible" for the situation

Latin Times

Juarez Police respond to cartel attacks on surveillance cameras: 'no stepping back'

The state of Chihuahua has invested in security cameras to fight high violent crime rates. Criminal groups are fighting back in Ciudad Juarez

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Behind Los Chapitos: the women in the lives of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel leaders

All about the women in the life of los Chapitos, Ovidio, Iván, Alfredo and Joaquín Guzman, the sons of El Chapo Guzmán

Al Jazeera

Why are there questions about arrests of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel leaders?

Mexico asks the US to reveal the circumstances surrounding the arrests of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez.

Latin Times

Sinaloa Cartel's 'El Mayo' To Face Federal Trial In New York

Zambada's lawyer Frank Perez confirmed on Wednesday that the case will be transferred to the Eastern District of New York. However, he did not mention the transfer date.

Latin Times

El Mayo's Attorney Claims Mexican Drug Lord Was 'Forcibly Kidnapped,' Flown To US For Detention

Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García and the son of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel boss known as "El Chapo," Joaquín Guzmán López, were arrested on July 25.

International Business Times

What's The Fallout Of Mexican Drug Lords' Capture?

Two top leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested by US agents in Texas during a dramatic operation and without the involvment of Mexican authorities.

Evening Standard

Sinaloa cartel leader and El Chapo's son arrested by US authorities in Texas

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez were arrested on Thursday in El Paso

International Business Times

Two Top Figures In Mexico's Sinaloa Drug Cartel In US Custody

Two top leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, including its co-founder Ismael Zambada Garcia, were arrested on Thursday in Texas, the US Department of Justice said.

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