The Latest Breaking News from El Chapo

In El Chapo fallout, one of Chicago ‘cartel wives’ should get stiffer sentence than accomplices, feds say

They say Valerie Gaytan should get five years for laundering drug money from her husband Margarito Flores and his twin brother Pedro Flores, Chicago cocaine kingpins who helped convict the Sinaloa cartel boss. Her sister-in-law got 3½ years.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 14, 2023

El Chapo’s wife released from U.S. custody after 3-year prison sentence

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been released from federal custody after completing a sentence for helping run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 13, 2023

El Chapo's wife released from US custody after completing 3-year prison sentence

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been released from federal custody after completing a three-year sentence for helping him run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Student shot dead while doing research in Mexican state once run by drug lord El Chapo

Gabriel Trujillo, a US PhD student and botanist, was tragically shot and killed in Mexico's Sonora state, believed to be a result of mistaken identity in the violent territory once controlled by drug lord El Chapo

Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2023

Agency that captured El Chapo playing huge role in hunt for Kinahans

The Agency has officers on the ground in Dubai based at their consular office and they have been watching the cartel around the clock

Irish Mirror · Jun 8, 2023

El Chapo’s son, three Sinaloa cartel leaders and two Mexican firms sanctioned for bringing fentanyl into US

Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was talking with President Joe Biden about immigration and the fentanyl crisis

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

El Chapo’s son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl

The United States has sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was talking with President…

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023

Sons of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' deny trafficking fentanyl in rare letter

Sons of former Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman denied U.S. allegations that they were major traffickers flooding the United States with synthetic opioid fentanyl, addressing the claims against them in a rare letter.

Reuters · May 4, 2023

Case details Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl-fueled evolution

Prosecutors revealed in a recent indictment that while Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serves a life sentence, his sons have steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they smuggle into the U.S. The indictment…

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against 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.

WEKU · Apr 21, 2023