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The Latest Breaking News from the Sinaloa Cartel

Sinaloa Cartel faction answering to 'El Mayo' declares war on the 'Chapitos' as violence escalates

The latest clash took place this week. Mexican President López Obrador said it's "highly likely" that the capture of "El Mayo'" catalyzed the flareup

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Who's the current leader of los Chapitos and the Sinaloa Cartel? The answer may be one of El Chapo's sons

Experts in Mexico's organized crime are convinced that Ivan Archivaldo Guzman, one of El Chapo Guzman's many offsprings, is the current leader of the cartel

Latin Times

Mexico's AMLO: 'highly likely' that capture of 'El Mayo' is linked to increased cartel violence in Sinaloa

The Mexican president said the cartel leader himself has asked for restraint in the area. "No one wants violence," he said

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Peso Pluma revives controversy over alleged links to organized crime naming Grupo Cartel as his favorite band

Asked about his favorite artist at the moment, Peso Pluma chose a band known for songs dedicated to leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel

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Mexican prosecutors suggest a son of 'El Chapo' made a deal with the U.S. to get his brother out of prison

Ovidio Guzmán reportedly entered a witness protection program. The news surfaced a month after his brother Joaquín and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada were arrested in the U.S.

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Police raids ranch where Sinaloa Cartel founder 'El Mayo' was allegedly ambushed and taken to U.S.

Authorities are looking for evidence that could help clarify the events that led to the capture of the drug lord in Texas

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DEA Source reportedly confirms Ovidio Guzmán, El Chapo's son, entered U.S. Witness Protection Program

DEA Source reportedly confirms Mexican newspaper El Universal, that Ovidio Guzmán, El Chapo's son, entered U.S. Witness Protection Program

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'El Mayo' rejects being tried for drug-trafficking in New York, seeks to remain in Texas

The DOJ is seeking for the co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel to be tried in the same court as "El Chapo" Guzmán

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Mexican government to press charges against 'El Chapo's son for turning over 'El Mayo' to the U.S.

Prosecutors are seeking to charge the Sinaloa Cartel co-founder with kidnapping

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Sinaloa on edge: brothers linked to El Chapo's first escape and to El Mayo murdered in Mexico

The discovery of the tortured bodies of Marín and Leobaldo García Corrales, close to El Chapo Guzmán and allegedly close to his sons, has Sinaloa on edge. Authorities brace for a turf war within the Sinaloa Cartel

Latin Times

'El Mayo' Zambada to be tried in the same New York courtroom as 'El Chapo'

The co-founder of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel is set to face trial in New York, a development that mirrors the dramatic legal proceedings against his former associate, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Latin Times

Video released by Mexican authorities debunks 'El Mayo' Zambada's account of his own capture

The recent release of a video by the Sinaloa State Attorney General's Office has stirred significant controversy, particularly because it directly contradicts statements made by the cartel leader

Latin Times

Here's who is left to lead the Sinaloa Cartel after El Mayo's 'kidnapping'

Historically recognized as one of the most powerful drug cartels, the Sinaloa Cartel now faces an uncertain future, marked by fragmentation and internal power struggles.

Latin Times

Sinaloa Cartel leader El Mayo's 'kidnapping' claim rejected by Mexican officials: 'We have no complicity'

Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, denied El Mayo Zambada's accusations that he was tied to the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexican President Andrés López Obrador and President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum also reacted.

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Sinaloa's Mayo Zambada breaks his silence and drops bombshell: kidnapped by U.S., betrayed by El Chapo's son

"El Mayo" Zambada, the elusive leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is claiming in a statement that his recent apprehension by U.S. authorities was not a voluntary surrender but the result of a betrayal by Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the infamous Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

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Mexican president claims that top drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán agreed to turn himself over to U.S.

Joaquín Guzmán López, son of fallen drug lord of El Chapo Guzmán, was arrested alongside Ismael El Mayo Zambada on July 25 in El Paso

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Drug lord 'El Mayo' was betrayed by a son of 'El Chapo' and turned in after deal with U.S. authorities

According to top reporter Ioan Grillo, the Sinaloa Cartel leader has cancer. A report details the events that led to his arrest in Texas

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Sinaloa Cartel leader 'El Mayo' pleads not guilty to drug-trafficking charges in the U.S.

Ismael Zambada appeared before a court in Texas on Friday. He also rejected his right to a preliminary hearing

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Here's how the arrest of two Sinaloa Cartel leaders can impact the US elections, according to analysts

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquín "El Guero" Guzmán, two of the most wanted men in the world, were arrested in Texas this week. Analysts say the effects on the Presidential campaign could benefit Kamala Harris and dismantle some of Donald Trump's rhetoric against Mexico.

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

The Independent UK

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, notorious leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, arrested in US

Federal agents were waiting at the Santa Teresa airport in Texas for drug kingpin to land

Latin Times

Who is El Mayo Zambada? The mexican drug lord with a $15 million DEA bounty now in custody

According to the Mexican media, Ismael Zambada surrendered to DEA agents in El Paso. The co-leader of the Sinaola Cartel was never captured before.

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Sinaloa Cartel leader El Mayo Zambada captured in Texas with one of El Chapo's sons

Known as "El capo de capos," it had evaded capture for decades. There are rumors that El Mayo Zambada turned himself into the DEA's hands.

Latin Times

How drug violence and migration are reshaping a city in the south of Mexico

Tapachula is now under the control of powerful Mexican drug cartels. A look into the new normal for the city

Latin Times

Top member of 'Los Chapitos' Sinaloa Cartel extradited to U.S. following arrest

Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, known as "El Nini" was the cartel's head of security. He is accused of being part of the production and sale of fentanyl

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