Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel, known for its jailed kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is betting on fentanyl to boost its market value in the U.S. after its powerful cocaine empire, a report said.
Following Genaro Garcia Luna's arrest last month, another former top Mexican official has been charged for accepting bribes in exchange for US investigation information to El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel.
Kate del Castillo fears the Mexican government is watching her every move. Kate del Castillo fears the Mexican government is watching her every move. The star actress who brokered Sean Penn's Rolling Stone interview with reputed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman adds she's now afraid to set foot in her native homeland.
Amid reports armed gunmen recently stormed the home of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's mom, authorities are now also investigating the discovery of seven decapitated bodies found near the reputed drug kingpin's stronghold.
Guerrero Governor Hector Astudillo said that the Mexican government should consider allowing the cultivation of opium poppies. He believes that legalizing the cultivation of the plant for medicinal purposes could help the country’s battle against the drug trade.
The daughter of Joaquín Guzmán, Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz, has claimed that the drug lord paid politicians to facilitate his jailbreak from the Altiplano federal prison in July 2015. Guzmán's dirty money likely ended up in political campaigns.
One of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's main cartel rivals pleaded guilty of drug trafficking to the United States and other South American countries on Feb. 23. Alfredo Beltran Leyva, who was captured in Mexico back in 2008, was extradited to the U.S. two years ago.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the third wife of Mexico's drug kingpin and leader of Sinaloa cartel Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman made her first ever television interview last Feb. 19. It was then aired just this Sunday, Feb. 21 and Coronel insists that her husband is not what federal prosecutors are saying.
“Gangster Warlords” author Ioan Grillo recently revealed how the notorious Mexican drug cartels are making billions of dollars because of drug trade in the United States. In a video published on Business Insider, Grillo explained how traffickers invest in drugs and how much profits they earn.
As 2015 is about to end, many are still wondering where on Earth is Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman? The notorious drug cartel boss remains at large after he broke out from the maximum security jail in Mexico in July. And despite the massive and extensive manhunt operations, the authorities have failed to recapture the world’s most powerful and deadly drug trafficking operations kingpin, who is said to be hiding in Sinaloa.
A jailed suspected member of the Sinaloa Cartel who was due to be extradited to the United States was found dead on Dec. 28 at a prison complex in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
