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El Chapo's hometown in Mexico considers drug-trafficking museum

The home town of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is considering housing a drug trafficking museum, the mayor was quoted as saying on Thursday, in the hope of attracting tourists to the area.

Reuters

Narco riots target civilians and companies in post-Chapo Mexico

The gang violence is extreme, among the worst that Mexico has endured: In one city after another, mostly along the U.S. border, rival drug cartels are rioting, setting cars and stores on fire, shooting and killing innocent bystanders, including at least one child last week.

Tribune News Service

Chicago twin Pedro Flores testifies feds promised wife would get a pass in exchange for his cooperation against ‘El Chapo’

CHICAGO — Pedro Flores, a Chicago drug trafficker who along with his twin brother helped federal authorities build a case against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, testified Monday that he was promised his wife and other family members would not be prosecuted for any drug-related activities.

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Wives of twins who helped bring down ‘El Chapo’ find themselves in spotlight, claiming they have immunity from federal hammer

CHICAGO — On a winter evening a little over a decade ago, as their husbands were busy cooperating against the most wanted cartel boss in the world, Valerie Gaytan and Vivianna Lopez were driving around Chicago’s North Side with more than $4 million in cash in their SUV.

Chicago Tribune

Feds moved cartel member to Colorado’s Supermax in 'torturous' attempt to make him talk about 'El Chapo,' lawsuit alleges

DENVER — A man described in court documents as being in “middle management” of a drug cartel this week sued the U.S. Justice Department, claiming his imprisonment in Colorado’s Supermax prison is a sham, a “torturous” attempt to make him talk about drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and a…

The Denver Post

Mexican Park Rescues Felines from Traffickers

Frida, the Bengal tiger, was found chained up a few years ago. Now, she is living in better circumstances in a park sheltering hundreds of other exotic creatures taken from misguided Mexican "pet" owners -- including showy drug traffickers. In 2018, the tiger was found chained up in a restaurant…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Too big to jail: The story of HSBC and the Mexican drug cartel

If you sell a gram of cocaine on the street you’re going to jail. If you’re complicit in laundering billions of dollars for a drug cartel, your organisation may just pay a fine. Chris Blackhurst recounts the greatest banking scandal in history

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Former Honduran President Hernandez pleads not guilty to US drug charges

The former president of Honduras wants to call former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama as well as convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as defense witnesses against U.S. drug charges.

Tribune News Service

SHELL-“No puedes ignorar lo que hay en tu estado”. Entrevista con Rubén Rocha Moya, gobernador de Sinaloa

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The Independent UK

Sinaloa governor on leading a region under the thumb of drug cartels: ‘We handle it’

EXCLUSIVE: In the second part of ‘Narcomundo’, a special investigation by Independent en Español, José Luis Montenegro speaks to the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, and sheds light on how the power of drug trafficking has broken the strength of the Mexican state

The Independent UK

Brother of Chicago twins who helped take down 'El Chapo' admits to burying millions in drug proceeds under porch

CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were just 16 when their older brother Armando was arrested in the late 1990s for selling narcotics out of a Cicero auto dealership.

Chicago Tribune

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