The city once known as the “murder capital of the world” appears unable to shake its reputation as a place of extreme cartel violence. In October, Ciudad Juarez had 90 murders with 10 of them taking place over Halloween weekend. The violence appears to be tied to the ongoing struggles overwhelming the Sinaloa Cartel.
ST. BERNARD PARISH, Louisiana – A total of 19 Louisiana residents, including three juveniles, were arrested by the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office for their alleged involvement in distributing cocaine and heroin throughout the area.
A Colombian national pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine by illegally trafficking the drug into the U.S. through maritime shipments.
Sheriff’s deputies at the Arizona border arrested three illegal aliens after a high speed chase through various residential areas. The illegal aliens remain jailed on charges in connection with an alleged attempt to smuggle hundreds of pounds of marijuana.
A Mexican judge expected to hand down rulings for cases on some top drug lords died at the hands of a professional assassin. The murder has sparked outrage among public officials in the country who have demanded an investigation.
Gunmen with the Sinaloa cartel carried out a brazen rescue operation where they ambushed a Mexican military convoy killing five soldiers and injuring 10 others.
Mexican citizen journalists are exposing what appears to be complicity between Mexican police officers and cartel gunmen during an apparent kidnapping in Sinaloa.
Contrabandistas de cártel mexicano modificaron una camioneta para instalar un gran cañón usado para disparar grandes paquetes de droga sobre el muro en la frontera entre los estados mexicano de Sonora y Arizona.
Mexican cartel smugglers converted a van to house a cannon used for shooting large drug bundles over the border fence between the Mexican State of Sonora and Arizona.
Federal authorities have arrested a suspected member of a Mexican drug cartel living in Lubbock. The man was wanted on federal drug trafficking charges.
A newly leaked security video shows the moments when cartel gunmen stormed an upscale restaurant in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta to kidnap the son of famed drug lord, El Chapo.
Mexican authorities have revealed that the son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo” Guzman may be among the group of men kidnapped from an upscale restaurant in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta.
Two alleged members of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel tried to get into the film business by allegedly trying to steal the script to a prequel of the Passion of the Christ movie.
Contrabandistas del Cártel de Sinaloa de México fracasaron en sus esfuerzos para trasladar un gran cargamento de cocaína desde Ecuador a México. El cargamento estaba oculto en 217 tambos que se suponía debían estar llenos del popular condimento conocido como salsa.
A Mexican drug cartel appears to be ready to go to war once more with the fearsome Sinaloa Cartel. The hostilities began in the most offensive way, the Beltran Leyva Cartel ransacked the home of Consuelo Loera Perez, the mother of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera.
One of the top lieutenants within the Sinaloa Cartel who is known to be a long-time close associate of top drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been released from a U.S. prison. He is expected to be deported to Mexico in the coming days where he could be released if authorities do not charge him with new crimes.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Pinal County, AZ Sheriff and Congressional candidate Paul Babeu (R) said that it’s “kind of hard argue” with claims by the Sinaloa Cartel that they own parts of Arizona,
An Arizona border sheriff is warning his residents to take extra precautions in the coming days after intelligence reports point to Mexican cartel gunmen crossing into the United States to hunt down their rivals. Known as sicarios, the dangerous professional cartel assassins have previously crossed into the U.S. and are expected to cross to hunt down rival “rip crews” or groups who steal drugs from the cartels.
A second Mexican judge has cleared the extradition process for famed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera. The judge’s ruling clears another hurdle in the legal wrangling between his lawyers, Mexican prosecutors, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Federal authorities have set their sights on the wife of a fugitive Mexican drug lord wanted for the kidnapping and murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
The importance of political leaders traveling to the border to take the “Breitbart Border Tour,” was the topic Breitbart Texas Managing Director Brandon Darby discussed when joining Stephen K. Bannon and Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily. He said the unannounced, no
New York news outlets are claiming drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera will end up going to a federal courthouse there in that city. The news came just days after the famed drug lord was moved to a prison in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua where he awaits extradition.
Cartel drug lord El Chapo Guzman has been moved to a Mexican prison near the Texas border.
The Mexican military has seized more than 25 tons of marijuana from a trailer that appears to have rolled over and been abandoned along a rural road in the Mexican state of Sonora.
Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel had been using Miami as a key piece in its money laundering operation. Through a complex process of currency exchanges, the Sinaloa Cartel was able to funnel millions of dollars to pay Colombian drug lords from the Cali Cartel for tons of cocaine.
The once obscure Mexican soap opera actress who became famous after having acted as link for the now infamous interview between jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Hollywood activist Sean Penn has now revealed her side of the story. She claims that Penn duped her into meeting the drug lord under the pretenses of making a movie.
While being Mexico’s most wanted fugitive, the once-again-jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was able to visit relatives in California twice, his older daughter said.
The former Mexican president who has been speaking out against Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump is the same former politician who ignored drug cartels while he was in office. As Previously reported by Breitbart News, Vicente Fox Quezada recently met with journalist turned activist Jorge Ramos where the politico used expletives to say Mexico would not pay for Trump’s wall.
One of Mexico’s top drug traffickers, who used to be a close associate of famed capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman before turning into his bitter rival, has pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in a U.S. federal courtroom.
The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman claims that the video that was published by Rolling Stone when the magazine released the now infamous interview by Sean Penn was done without permission.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents recently seized 400 packages of methamphetamine worth $1.1 million at the Arizona-Mexico border—the largest in the history of the Nogales port of entry. Authorities are concerned this shipment was a signal from one of two large Mexican drug cartels that they are not fading from the drug smuggling scene any time soon.
The victims and family members of cartel violence have taken their fight to one of the entities they claim has allowed for the explosive growth of Mexican organized crime — international banks.
Recently re-captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán is willing to accept extradition to the U.S. and plead guilty to drug trafficking charges. However, he will only do so if that plea keeps him out of a high-security prison.
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced on Monday that twelve defendants with alleged connections to a methamphetamine distribution organization and the Sinaloa Cartel have been arrested in the area surrounding Lubbock, Texas.
Given Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán’s talent for escaping repeatedly from maximum security prisons, several extra measures are being taken to keep him in place until his extradition to the U.S. However, now Guzmán is complaining that he’s not sleeping and guards are engaging in cruel behavior directed at him.
Mexican actress Kate del Castillo recently made waves by facilitating a clandestine interview in Mexico between actor Sean Penn and notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán. However, her representatives and tabloids are reporting she feels betrayed by Penn for using her and not giving her more credit.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has acknowledged the urgency of securing drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán by asking Mexican officials to accelerate Guzmán’s extradition proceedings.
It was the interview heard ‘round North America—the clandestine meeting between actor Sean Penn and notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, and the Rolling Stone article that followed. But what Penn intended to be a vehicle to initiate a deeper conversation about US drug policy ended up being a mockery of investigative journalism, and an example of a lifelong criminal manipulating an American activist for his own agenda.
As half a dozen legal districts compete for who will get to try notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán after his extradition to the U.S., the City of Miami, Florida has emerged as a top contender.
Only days after his client’s capture and the highly controversial interview of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán by actor Sean Penn, Guzmán’s lawyer is calling the actor’s retelling of El Chapo’s drug trafficking claims “a lie” and “absurd speculation.”
