The Latest Breaking News from Chapitos

Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, known as "El Nini" was the cartel's head of security. He is accused of being part of the production and sale of fentanyl

The U.S. government has thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent, alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief this week

Mexico has extradited Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges

Sons of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have denied accusations made by United States prosecutors last month, saying in a letter that they have no involvement in the production and trafficking of the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl

In sweeping indictments, the Justice Department targeted two dozen operatives in the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel. But many drug policy experts say this won't slow fentanyl deaths.

Washington (AFP) - The US Justice Department took aim at the four sons of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and their Chinese chemical suppliers Friday in a new crackdown on deadly fentanyl.

The charges against the four men known as the “Chapitos,” are part of a Justice Department campaign against what Attorney General Merrick Garland called “the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world.” They even fed people to tigers, authorities say.