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UK media reacts to Prince Harry's memoir bombshells

IN THE PAPERS – Friday, January 6: We bring you reactions in the UK press after Prince Harry’s explosive memoirs are leaked ahead of the release date. Also, the arrest of El Chapo's son in Mexico sparks violent clashes between security forces and gang members. Finally, Glamour magazine takes a…

France 24

Mexico authorities arrest El Chapo's son, sparking deadly riots in Sinaloa state

The U.S. State Department said Ovidio Guzmán was a"high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his jailed father previously led.

Axios

Video shows cartel gunmen attacking Mexican plane over arrest of El Chapo’s son

Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed trafficker Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was arrested ahead of Joe Biden’s visit to Mexico

The Independent UK

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Security services members killed in clashes in Mexico after son of ‘El Chapo’ drug trafficker captured

Violence erupts across Sinaloa after police make major arrest of man wanted in US on drug trafficking charges

Evening Standard

Drug lord, trafficker, killer of wedding singers: How the ‘New Mouse’ followed in the bloody footsteps of his father El Chapo

Ovidio Guzman’s arrest was hailed as a major blow to Mexico’s all-powerful Sinaloa Cartel. The son of the notorious El Chapo may now face extradition to the US, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia

SYDNEY: The alleged boss of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most wanted men has been extradited to Australia and arrested on drug trafficking charges, police said Thursday.

Bangkok Post

50 Cent helps twin brothers who brought down El Chapo tell their story

In "Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug Lord," rapper and businessman Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and journalist Charlie Webster help guide listeners through a conversation that they have with twin brothers Pedro (Peter) and Margarito (Jay) Flores, drug dealers and federal informants whose cooperation led to…

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Woman JAILED after 'supremely powerful' Doberman named El Chapo savages girl, 3

Lisa Garner pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control following a "terrifying and traumatic" attack in Havant, Hampshire

Daily Mirror

Woman jailed after dog attacks three-year-old girl in street

The victim required surgery after the incident in Havant in August.

The Independent UK

Judge rules wives of Chicago twins who cooperated against ‘El Chapo’ did not have immunity

CHICAGO — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the wives of twin Chicago drug traffickers who cooperated against Sinaloa boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman did not have immunity from prosecution, a considerable setback for the women who are accused of laundering millions of their husbands’ drug proceeds over a 12-year…

Chicago Tribune

From flipping Big Macs to importing tons of cocaine: Chicago twins who helped bring down El Chapo say McDonald’s was their business model

In a new podcast, Margarito Flores and Pedro Flores say they got jobs at a Little Village McDonald’s when they were teenagers and honed management skills they used in their drug business.

Chicago Sun-Times

Footage shows infamous Mexican Cartel leader shot by killer clown at his own birthday party

Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix was the leader of the Tijuana Cartel which was established in the late 1980s by Felix and his seven younger brothers.

Daily Record

Mexico seeks extradition of El Chapo’s godson in connection with journalist’s murder

Lopez-Serrano dodged a minimum 10-year sentence for crimes he pleaded guilty

The Independent UK

Trevor Noah on Trump: ‘His friends could fill up an entire prison wing’

The late-night host discussed the latest Trump associate to be convicted of a crime and the former president’s claim he ‘had no clue’ about wrongdoing

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Evening Standard

Pound signs blind politicians to the flaws of financial titans

City Voices: David Cameron and others were far too eager to advance the bankers

Chicago Tribune

‘What do we have to protect us? Nothing’: Jail calls of Flores twins, wives discussing immunity played in court

CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were in the middle of their cooperation against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2010 when authorities intercepted a series of jail calls showing the brothers and their wives had growing concerns over the lack of an immunity deal from…

Chicago Tribune

Chicago twin Pedro Flores testifies feds promised wife would get a pass in exchange for his cooperation against ‘El Chapo’

CHICAGO — Pedro Flores, a Chicago drug trafficker who along with his twin brother helped federal authorities build a case against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, testified Monday that he was promised his wife and other family members would not be prosecuted for any drug-related activities.

Chicago Tribune

Wives of twins who helped bring down ‘El Chapo’ find themselves in spotlight, claiming they have immunity from federal hammer

CHICAGO — On a winter evening a little over a decade ago, as their husbands were busy cooperating against the most wanted cartel boss in the world, Valerie Gaytan and Vivianna Lopez were driving around Chicago’s North Side with more than $4 million in cash in their SUV.

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The Independent UK

Too big to jail: The story of HSBC and the Mexican drug cartel

If you sell a gram of cocaine on the street you’re going to jail. If you’re complicit in laundering billions of dollars for a drug cartel, your organisation may just pay a fine. Chris Blackhurst recounts the greatest banking scandal in history

Daily Record

Narcos boss El Chapo moans about ‘unfair treatment’ and ‘health problems’ in US jail

El Chapo, the notorious drugs boss, has penned a grumbling seven page letter from prison complaining he is suffering from memory loss and depression.

Daily Mirror

Drug lord El Chapo moans he's being mistreated in US prison and has 'no human contact'

El Chapo has been held in a maximum-security prison in Florence, Colorado, but in an astonishing rant, he claims his treatment there is unfair

Daily Mirror

British Virgin Islands Premier arrested as drug agents pose as El Chapo cartel members

Andrew Fahie was detained in Miami on Thursday morning after being caught in a sting operation by the US Drug Enforcement Agency in Miami dressed as cartel members

Chicago Sun-Times

Cocaine seizures soar in Chicago, surrounding states, as DEA ‘snow’ forecast comes true

Heroin and marijuana have long been Mexican cartels’ big moneymakers in Chicago. But DEA cocaine seizures rose 50% in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana in the year ending Sept. 30 and keep rising in the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sister-in-law of twins who turned against ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty for helping spend drug money

An indictment filed in June 2021 alleged the wives of Pedro and Margarito Flores helped stash away hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug money over a dozen years, starting with their husbands’ surrender in December 2008.

Chicago Tribune

Brother of Chicago twins who helped take down 'El Chapo' admits to burying millions in drug proceeds under porch

CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were just 16 when their older brother Armando was arrested in the late 1990s for selling narcotics out of a Cicero auto dealership.

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