Cartels

By Armando Cordoba The Feb. 22 arrest of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Federation cartel, has left...

Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel and the world’s most-wanted drug lord, was captured...

Colombia andVenezuela are to launch a new anti-smuggling initiative in an attempt to crack down on the huge amounts of...

Authorities in Michoacan,Mexico have arrested an alleged topKnights Templar leader, as the government's pursuit of the...

Authorities inColombia have captured a Venezuelan national wanted for drug trafficking in the United States, in a case that...

The Philippine Department of Justice is planning to re-open its investigation into an alleged rice smuggling cartel led by a...

A three-year investigation yielded 3,024 pounds of cocaine and 24 arrests in the Imperial Valley region of southeastern...

Guatemalan authorities have detained 21 people suspected of laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel, according to the...

Federal prosecutors said Monday that a United States grand jury has charged former Mexican governor TomásJesúsYarrington...

A gunman dressed as a clown murdered Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, a former leader of the Tijuana Cartel, in the state of...

The Organized Crime and Corruption Project (OCCRP) is a finalist for a Gannett Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting...

Mexican Federal Police arrested Juarez cartel figure Alberto "Ugly Betty" Carrillo Fuentes, 47, in the western...