Ten men arrested at a farm linked to a drug cartel in the Mexican state of Jalisco were found guilty of murder and kidnapping in a high-profile trial that concluded Monday, the prosecutor’s office said. The Izaguirre “ranch of horror,” as some local media have dubbed it, allegedly served as a forced recruitment center for the … Read more
The son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” intends to plead guilty to drug trafficking charges in the U.S., according to court documents filed Tuesday. Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez, along with his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the cartel known as the “Chapitos,” or little Chapos, that exported fentanyl to … Read more
Twenty bodies, several of them decapitated, were found on a highway bridge in a part of Mexico where factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel are fighting each other, authorities said Monday. Four headless corpses were found by the roadside while 16 bodies were discovered inside an abandoned vehicle, the Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office said. Five human … Read more
A notorious drug cartel enlisted a hacker who was able to infiltrate phone data and Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill FBI informants, the U.S. Justice Department has revealed. The 2018 operation was disclosed Thursday in a 47-page audit by the Justice Department Inspector General, outlining the FBI’s “efforts to mitigate the … Read more
Mexican authorities discovered the bodies of 34 people in a mass grave in a western region wracked by cartel violence, the state prosecutor’s office said Thursday. The remains were found during construction work in Zapopan in Jalisco state, home to one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, prosecutor Salvador Gonzalez told a news conference. … Read more
Most wanted Ecuadorian drug lord captured one year after escape – CBS News Watch CBS News Authorities have captured Ecuador’s most wanted fugitive, a drug lord known as Fito, after he escaped prison more than a year ago. Cristian Benavides has details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, … Read more
The brother-in-law of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” was sentenced Friday to 30 years in U.S. federal prison following his 2017 arrest at a beach resort in Brazil while vacationing with his family under a fake name. José González Valencia, 49, was sentenced in a federal court in Washington, D.C. … Read more