Culiacán Dispatch: The Mexican City Torn Apart By the Sinaloa Cartel’s Bloody Civil War
In Culiacán residents lock themselves indoors as night falls. Bars and restaurants are deserted. Troops patrol the streets....
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Sinaloa Cartel
Sinaloa’s Top Money Launderer Sentenced in the U.S.
A federal court in California sentenced a Mexican lawyer who served as the Sinaloa cartel’s chief money launder to 15 years...
Mexican Army Drawn Into Firefight with Cartel, Arrests High-Value Target
Two people died and one was wounded during a clash between the Mexican Army and the Sinaloa Cartel that erupted after...
US: Honduran Ex-President Pleads Not Guilty in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who for years has been a principal suspect in a transnational drug...
US Sanctions Guatemalan Gang Leaders with Links to Mexican Drug Cartels
The United States sanctioned seven suspected high-ranking members of the Los Huistas, Guatemala’s prominent criminal gang,...
Chinese-American Money Laundering Kingpin Sentenced to 15 Years
A U.S. court sentenced the kingpin of an international money laundering network to 15 years in prison for his role in...
U.S. Authorities Designate Mexican, Colombian Drug Cartels Bosses
The United States sanctioned on Wednesday a Sinaloa cartel boss and seven other Mexicans for smuggling tons of fentanyl and...
The 'Ndrangheta
What is the 'Ndrangheta?
Where did the organized crime group come from? What do its operations look like? And can it be stopped?
Son of Sinaloa Cartel leader pleads guilty in the US to drug trafficking
The son of the leader of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa Cartel pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to drug trafficking and agreed to...
Daughter of Mexican Cartel Boss Guilty of US Sanctions Violations
The daughter of “El Mencho,” the alleged leader of Mexico’s notorious Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), has pleaded...
US DEA: Narco Traffickers Bouncing Back Amid Pandemic
Organized criminals have recovered from disruptions to their operations caused by COVID-19 and resumed flooding the United...
El Chapo’s Wife Arrested in US
U.S. authorities arrested Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Leora, upon her...
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