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Mexico’s former safety chief goes on trial in US drug case

An anonymous jury has gotten its first look at a rare U.S. trial of a former cabinet-level Mexican official charged with taking bribes to aid drug traffickers he was supposed to be neutralizing

The Independent UK

Mexico's top cop was being paid by El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel, feds say at New York trial

NEW YORK — Mexico’s one-time top cop played the part of a drug-fighting hero, adding more than 30,000 officers to the country’s federal police force, but it was all a front, federal prosecutors say — Genaro Garcia Luna was really taking money from Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman's feared Sinaloa cartel…

Tribune News Service

Mexico's former safety chief goes on trial in US drug case

An anonymous jury has gotten its first look at a rare U.S. trial of a former cabinet-level Mexican official charged with taking bribes to aid drug traffickers he was supposed to be neutralizing

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Corrupt cop or cartel enemy? Ex-Mexico drug czar's U.S. trial kicks off

U.S. prosecutors on Monday accused a former top Mexican official on trial for allegedly taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel of betraying his country, while his defense said prosecutors were being played by drug traffickers out for revenge.

Reuters

Cartel kingpin El Chapo jailed in US begs Mexico to free him and moans of 'poor food'

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was jailed for life in the United States after being extradited in 2017 and convicted of a range of drug, money laundering and organised crime charges

Daily Mirror

Mexican president says his government will consider 'El Chapo' return request

Mexico’s president said Wednesday his government will consider a plea by imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be returned to Mexico, presumably to serve out his sentence.

France 24

Mexican president says he'll consider 'El Chapo' request

Mexico's president says his government will consider a plea by imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be returned to Mexico, presumably to serve out his sentence

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El Chapo begs Mexican president to save him from ‘cruel and unfair’ US prison

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador reportedly said this week that he’s reviewing El Chapo’s request

The Independent UK

US drug trial opens for Mexico ex-security head

Genaro García Luna goes on trial on charges of helping the Sinaloa Cartel traffic drugs and protect them from capture while he was serving as Mexico’s top security official

The Independent UK

Fake videos circulate after police arrest El Chapo’s son

When news broke that police had arrested Ovidio Guzman, the son of the well-known Mexican drug lord “El Chapo”, on January 5, armed members of his cartel took to the streets, engaging in violent clashes with police. A wave of videos claiming to show these clashes was uploaded to social…

France 24

Mexico City judge halts extradition of El Chapo’s son

A federal judge in Mexico City halted extradition to the U.S. of one of the sons of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Tribune News Service

Mexican capo's arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change

Mexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week likely is an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed

The Independent UK

At least 29 killed in Mexico during capture of Chapo's son Ovidio Guzman

Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel are killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of suspected Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman.

ABC News

Judge halts extradition of El Chapo's son to U.S.

The order comes a day after the younger Guzmán was arrested.

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The Independent UK

Extradition of cartel boss El Chapo’s son to US halted by judge

Authorities say that Ovidio Guzman also aces legal proceedings in Mexico

The Guardian - US

Twenty-four hours of terror as cartel violence engulfs Mexican city

At least 29 people killed in Culiacán as drug cartel gunmen fight bloody battle to stop transport of El Chapo’s son after arrest

Tribune News Service

‘El Chapo’ son’s arrest leaves 29 dead in Mexico before Biden trip

The capture of the son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in northern Mexico left 29 dead, including 10 members of the country’s military, just days before U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit the nation.

Reuters

Analysis-Capture of El Chapo's son gilds Mexican president's patchy record on crime

The capture of a drug cartel boss who embarrassed Mexico's government has given President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a rare crime-fighting victory as he prepares to host a major North American summit and gears up to secure his succession.

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29 killed during Mexican drug kingpin's arrest

CULIACAN, Mexico: Ten soldiers and 19 criminal suspects were killed in the operation to arrest Ovidio Guzman, son of the jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican government said on Friday.

Reuters

At least 29 killed in Mexico capture of Chapo's son; U.S. extradition not guaranteed

Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday.

Axios

Mexico authorities arrest El Chapo's son, sparking deadly riots in Sinaloa state

The U.S. State Department said Ovidio Guzmán was a"high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his jailed father previously led.

The Independent UK

Violence hits Mexico cartel stronghold as 'Chapo' son nabbed

Mexico's capture of a son of the imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman thrust Sinaloa's state capital into a day of terror unlike any its residents had experienced since October 2019 — the last time authorities tried to capture Ovidio Guzmán

Los Angeles Times

Cartel lays siege to Mexican city after recapture of the son of ‘El Chapo’

Armed men took hostages, burned vehicles and stormed an airport in northern Mexico on Thursday after federal forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, one of the world’s most wanted cartel leaders and the son of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

The Independent UK

Why the arrest of cartel kingpins like Ovidio Guzman fuels drug violence in Mexico

Celebrated as major setback for Sinaloa Cartel, detention of Ovidio ‘El Raton’ Guzman Thursday has already led to revenge attacks in city of Culiacan

Evening Standard

Security services members killed in clashes in Mexico after son of ‘El Chapo’ drug trafficker captured

Violence erupts across Sinaloa after police make major arrest of man wanted in US on drug trafficking charges

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