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The Latest Breaking News from Sinaloa

How a covert U.S. drone program in Mexico led to arrest of drug kingpins like El Chapo

Drones provided vital information leading to capture of El Chapo and senior drug figures, officials said

The Independent UK

Sinaloa Cartel Increasingly Under Siege With Another Top Leader 'Neon' Extradited To The U.S.

Daniel Franco Lopez is accused of overseeing murders, kidnappings, and drug smuggling into the U.S.

Latin Times

Ringleader of Migrant Smuggling Network with Ties to Sinaloa Cartel Extradited from Mexico to U.S.

Saucedo Huipio's is also linked to Ofelia Hernández Salas, AKA "Doña Lupe," who pleaded guilty in December to leading a transnational human smuggling operation

Latin Times

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Imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel Founder 'El Mayo' Discusses U.S. Politics And The State Of His Ranch With His Lawyer To 'Preserve Mental Stability'

"He's isolated but gets daily visits from his legal team to not lose his mind being all day," said Frank Perez

Latin Times

Grupo Firme Receives Death Threat To Prevent Band From Playing In Sinaloa: 'We'll Kill You All'

No group has claimed to be behind the threat, which involved leaving a severed head inside a cooler

Latin Times

Mexican Govt Will Provide Consular Assistance To Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'El Mayo' Zambada As He Seeks To Avoid U.S. Trial

The Mexican government said it has already responded to a request by Zambada's lawyer, Frank Perez, "in a timely manner"

Latin Times

Mexico Has Requested 'El Mayo's' Extradition Up To Four Times Since July 2024, Attorney General Says

Alejandro Gertz Manero said extradition process usually takes no more than 45 days, but there have been cases in which they have had to wait up to 12 years for a response.

Latin Times

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Cartel Armed Wing Leader Allegedly Responsible For the Recent Arrests of High-Profile Members of 'Los Chapitos'

Intelligence reports suggest "La Perris" betrayed "Los Chapitos" in order to join their rivals, "La Mayiza," and control their territories

Latin Times

Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'El Mayo' Willing To Plead Guilty To Avoid Death Penalty

"Mr. Zambada doesn't want to go to trial and is willing to accept responsibility for a charge that doesn't carry out the death penalty," said the drug lord's lawyer Frank Perez

Latin Times

Mexican President Vows to Evaluate Repatriation of Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'El Mayo' Zambada 'Like Any Mexican Citizen'

Zambada currently faces multiple charges in the U.S., including drug trafficking, organized crime, and money laundering.

Latin Times

'Chapitos' Leader Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Reportedly Managed To Escape Ambush Through a Tunnel

The clandestine tunnel found in the neighborhood of Tierra Blanca was more than 2,600 feet long; it connected to a nearby property

Latin Times

Mexican Authorities Arrest High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Members

Mexican authorities make significant arrests of Sinaloa Cartel members amidst US terrorist organization designations.

Top News

Mexico reviewing request from cartel leader jailed in the US to be sent back

Mexico’s president says her government is reviewing a petition by Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of the Sinaloa cartel who is jailed in the United States, to be returned to Mexico for trial

The Independent UK

Nearly 5 Billion Doses of Meth Seized in Sinaloa Following Trump Admin Critiques of Mexico's Response to Drug Trafficking

Last year, Mexican authorities seized more than 52 tons of meth and chemical precursors in the state of Sinaloa alone

Latin Times

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Jalisco Cartel 'Likely' To Follow a U.S. Strategy From World War II Before Entering Ongoing Sinaloa Turf Wars

A Mexican journalists argues that the CJNG is "waiting to see more signs of wear and tear" before siding with a Sinaloa cartel faction

Latin Times

Sinaloa Cartel Members Are Reportedly in 'Fear' Of The U.S.'s Crackdown on Drug-Trafficking

An alleged member of the cartel said that actions from the Trump administration has created a sense of fear, particularly when it comes to fentanyl production

Latin Times

Sinaloa Cartel Informant Says Trump's Fentanyl Crackdown Is Driving Some Traffickers Away from the Drug

Cartel members fear U.S. enforcement but remain tempted by the drug's high profits, says hitman in interview with Le Journal de Montreal.

Latin Times

Top Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'El Chato,' A Priority Target For The FBI, Arrested in Mexico

Humberto Rivera was arrested in Chihuahua with several fake IDs

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Mexico to Extend Lawsuit Against US Armories, Who Sheinbaum Claims Could Be Cartel 'Accomplices,' If Trump Designates Cartels Terrorists

The designations include the Sinaloa cartel, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Cartel del Noroeste, La Familia Michoacana and the Carteles Unidos

Latin Times

Five Months Into Cartel Turf Wars In Sinaloa, Over 800 People Have Been Killed But Only 24 Detained For Homicide

Between September and December of 2024, only 24 people were detained for alleged homicide out of 555 cases

Latin Times

Private Pilot For Sinaloa Cartel Faction of 'Los Chapitos' Arrested in Culiacán

"El Jando" was a significant operator for Los Chapitos and a close ally of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel faction

The Guardian - US

Trump’s claim that Mexican cartels and government are allied is not reality

Corruption lets criminal groups thrive, experts say, but it does not equate to an alliance

Latin Times

Operator of 'Los Chapitos' Who Had a $1 Million Bounty on His Head Found Dead in Mexico

Authorities in the municipality of Calimaya in the State of Mexico found on Feb. 4 the body of a man that has been identified as a key operator for the Sinaloa cartel faction known as "Los Chapitos."

Latin Times

'El Mayo' Zambada Had An Amicable Relationship With Former Mexican President AMLO, Journalist Says

Reports have suggested that the Sinaloa cartel financed Andrés Manuel López Obrador's 2006 presidential campaign

Latin Times

'El Mini Lic,' Whistleblower Who Revealed Key Secrets of the 'Chapitos,' Sought To Rejoin Sinaloa Cartel Before Being Arrested

According to Luis Chaparro, the FBI decided to advance El Mini Lic's arrest due to hints that he was trying to rejoin the Sinaloa Cartel and flee back to Mexico

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