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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.

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US targets El Chapo sons, Chinese workers in sweeping drug action

Authorities announce charges against so-called ‘Chapitos’ cartel leaders, Chinese chemical firms linked to fentanyl.

Al Jazeera

4 ‘El Chapo’ sons indicted in Chicago, accused of ruthless takeover of Sinaloa Cartel

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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US charges El Chapo sons, Chinese businessmen with fentanyl trafficking

The United States has charged leaders of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel with running a fentanyl trafficking operation fueled by Chinese chemical and pharmaceutical companies, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday.

Reuters

DEA’s new Chicago boss Sheila Lyons: Will target fentanyl, an ‘awful, terrible challenge’

Lyons, the first woman to hold the post, says she’ll target Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel, saying the fentanyl they supply is “like nothing I’ve ever seen in my 30 years in law enforcement.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Mexico president takes aim at predecessor after U.S. court convicts drug czar

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday that one of his predecessors, Felipe Calderon, should explain whether he knew a former top law enforcement official took bribes from the infamous Sinaloa Cartel.

Reuters

Ex-Mexico drug czar's defense says accusers have 'motives to lie'

Admitted drug traffickers who testified against a former Mexican law enforcement official accused by the United States of taking millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel have "incredible motives to lie," a defense lawyer said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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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

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

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 7 January 2023

The Sinaloa Cartel was dealt a significant blow this week with the capture of Ovidio Guzmán. You know the name. The city of Culiacán descended into an orgy of retaliatory violence.

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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.

Axios

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

The Independent UK

Explainer-Why Ovidio Guzman is one of Mexico's most wanted men

Mexican security forces on Thursday arrested cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the country's defense minister said.

Reuters

Drug lord, trafficker, killer of wedding singers: How the ‘New Mouse’ followed in the bloody footsteps of his father El Chapo

Ovidio Guzman’s arrest was hailed as a major blow to Mexico’s all-powerful Sinaloa Cartel. The son of the notorious El Chapo may now face extradition to the US, writes Bevan Hurley

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Major King County drug bust nets $10 million worth of meth, fentanyl, heroin

BURIEN, Wash. — Quinn, a 2-year-old golden Labrador retriever, worked his first drug bust Wednesday, helping a team of veteran Burien police and King County sheriff's detectives score an estimated $2.5 million worth of crystal meth, fentanyl and black-tar heroin before it could be cut up and dispatched across Western…

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San Diego quietly prosecuting high-ranking members of ultra-violent Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

SAN DIEGO — For the better part of a decade, federal prosecutions of Mexican drug cartel leaders carried out in San Diego have focused largely on the Sinaloa Cartel, and before that the Arellano Félix Organization, the two groups that have historically dominated the lucrative Tijuana-San Diego smuggling route.

Daily Mirror

Mystery as three tortured bodies wash up on tourist beach as sunbathers look on

Families can be seen looking on as the bodies of tortured men washed onto the beach at Acapulco, in Mexico, which was once a playground for celebrity tourists and now suffers from organized crime

Reuters

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.

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U.S. sanctions logistics allies of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned individuals linked to Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, days after bilateral security talks aimed at cracking down on trafficking of fentanyl and other contraband.

Daily Record

Footage shows infamous Mexican Cartel leader shot by killer clown at his own birthday party

Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix was the leader of the Tijuana Cartel which was established in the late 1980s by Felix and his seven younger brothers.

Tribune News Service

Attorney who laundered millions for the Sinaloa Cartel sentenced to 15 years in prison

SAN DIEGO — Despite growing up poor in the stronghold city of the Sinaloa Cartel, Juan Manuel Álvarez Inzunza overcame a difficult childhood and earned a law degree, even leaving his hometown for a time to avoid the drug violence that hung over the region.

The Denver Post

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…

Zenger

Breaking Bud: Cops Smash Huge Drugs Syndicate And Seize 1,000 Kilos Of Cannabis Buds

A massive international drug syndicate linked to the most notorious cartels in the world has been smashed by police in Spain.

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

Faces of the Sinaloa Cartel: Investigating the Mexico region ruled by the world’s most powerful drug lords

EXCLUSIVE: In the first part of Independent en Español’s special investigation ‘Narcomundo’, José Luis Montenegro travels to the Mexican state of Sinaloa to see how people’s daily lives are gripped by the cartel

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