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The US ups its multimillion-dollar rewards for 2 Sinaloa cartel leaders as another war brews for control of the cartel
The US recently increased its rewards for two major cartel figures, and another was quietly release…
Luis Chaparro
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Mexico's war on cartels has created 400 new gangs that are taking on the police and cartels that are left
That proliferation has been a challenge and asset for major cartels, but it has overwhelmed Mexican…
Luis Chaparro
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One of the DEA's most-wanted men wants to be mayor of some of Mexico's most violent territory
Mexico is gearing up for the largest election in its history, with more than 21,000 offices at stak…
Luis Chaparro
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'La Barbie,' a US-born cartel leader and one-time partner of 'El Chapo' Guzman, sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison and a $192 million fine
The trafficking operation Valdez oversaw was so vast that he and associates moved cash across the U…
Christopher Woody
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Mexico caught the cartel boss who reportedly almost took out 'El Chapo' Guzman's mother and sons
Beltran Leyva, along with his brothers, was allied with the Sinaloa cartel of Joaquin "El Chapo" Gu…
Christopher Woody
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Mexico's cartels are experimenting with control of another part of the cocaine trade
Soldiers destroyed a coca plantation in southwest Mexico in February, another sign that cartels are…
Luis Chaparro
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The identities of the jurors in Mexican cartel kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman's federal trial will be kept secret
Guzman has been held in solitary confinement at a high-security facility in lower Manhattan since a…
Christopher Woody
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The US and Mexico aren't on 'the same page' about cartels, and now thousands of people are fleeing to the US
"Mexico is now overwhelmed and out of capacity," a Catholic priest in southwest Mexico told Insider.
Luis Chaparro
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A new DEA map shows where cartels have influence in the US. Cartel operatives say 'it's bulls---'
"The members and leaders of the organization are in Mexico, not in the US," a Sinaloa Cartel operat…
Luis Chaparro
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A kingpin's killing puts the complexity and brutality of Mexico's drug war on vivid display
The spike in killing in Sinaloa comes amid a nationwide increase in deadly violence, with homicides…
Christopher Woody
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Arizona just made its largest meth bust ever, and it may be a signal from Mexico's most powerful cartels
As part of the dominant cartel operating in the US, Sinaloa operatives supply much of the country. …
Christopher Woody
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Here's where Mexican drug cartels operate in the US, according to the DEA
Despite losing its figurehead and descending into infighting in Mexico, Sinaloa appears to have gai…
Christopher Woody
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The US's top military-intelligence official described how the war on Mexico's cartels has produced even more violence
Information obtained from the Mexican attorney general in 2017 by journalist Nancy Flores indicated…
Christopher Woody
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Here's why 'El Chapo' Guzman may not face trial in the US anytime soon
"The two best comparisons of extraditions from Mexico would be Osiel Cardenas and Benjamin Arellano…
Christopher Woody
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The US sanctioned a 'smooth as butter' cartel operator and a Mexican soccer star allegedly working with him
The Treasury department said in a release that Flores Hernandez operated independently but maintain…
Christopher Woody
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The US got 'El Chapo' Guzman - now it has to get his $14 billion
"I don't believe that Chapo Guzman has $14 billion, and even though the Sinaloa cartel makes a lot …
Christopher Woody
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'El Chapo' Guzman's powerful Sinaloa cartel is withering while he sits in a US jail
The Sinaloa cartel functions more like a federation of allied groups rather than a traditionally hi…
Christopher Woody
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Nearly Eight Years Into The Drug War, These Are Mexico's 7 Most Notorious Cartels
The series of conflicts, which has pitted the Mexican military, cartels, vigilantes, and police for…
Jeremy Bender
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Mexico's drug cartels have turned a tourist mecca into 'Guerrero's Iraq'
The violence has also likely been exacerbated by recent political shifts. Guerrero's governor, Hect…
Christopher Woody
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The US is targeting a suspected drug trafficker tied to one of the Sinaloa cartel's main rivals
The battle for control over the Sinaloa cartel has intensified in the months since Guzman was extra…