Sinaloa authorities have reported 956 homicide cases since Chapitos and Mayos declared war to each other six months ago
has fallen victim to the vicious turf war ripping apart Mexico’s biggest producer and smuggler of fentanyl. Since the Sinaloa cartel’s two main factions turned on each other five months ago, a chill has descended on this city of gated communities ...
Pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be working. The Mexican government is cracking down on cartels.
Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities.
Mexico has extradited 29 alleged criminals to the United States, among them the so-called “narco of narcos” Rafael Caro Quintero, many accused of murder and several alleged members of cartels now designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Between 200,000 to half a million U.S. firearms are smuggled into Mexico every year, "60 Minutes" reported last December.
Federal prosecutors say a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa cartel who was indicted along with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been extradited to El Paso from Mexico.
Federal Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero told reporters Tuesday that Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has asked Mexico for repatriation.
Culiacan, a city in Mexico's Sinaloa state, endures violence as rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel battle for control. Schools close, residents live in fear, and the government, pressured by Trump,
A reputed Sinaloa drug cartel boss and associate of "El Chapo" Guzman in Juárez is sent to El Paso to face RICO charges.