The agency’s annual report indicates that El Mencho’s organization has expanded throughout Mexico, and that factions of the Sinaloa Cartel are using veterinary drugs to stretch fentanyl supplies
The DEA has raised concerns about increasingly diversified schemes involving Chinese criminal networks, cryptocurrencies, and international trade. The Mexican financial system has expressed its willingness to collaborate
Four guards have been arrested for alleged involvement in the breakout of Saúl Francisco Hernández, leader of Los Salazar, an armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel faction in Sonora
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, free after serving a 40-year sentence, went from marijuana smuggler to cocaine trafficker with the help of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and Rafael Caro Quintero, until their downfall after the murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena
‘Don Neto,’ convicted of the murder of DEA agent Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena and Mexican pilot Alfredo Zavala in 1985, served four decades in prison
An email reveals how drug traffickers maneuvered to avoid being linked to 13 tons seized in Algeciras, which led investigators to alleged drug lord Ignacio Torán and a police chief arrested with millions of euros stashed in his house
The documentary series ‘Battle of Culiacán: Heirs of the Cartel’ chronicles the details of the capture of Ovidio Guzmán, El Chapo’s youngest son, the impact of fentanyl, and the workings of one of the world’s most powerful criminal organizations
A judge’s blocking of the transfer of Abraham Oseguera, brother of the CJNG leader, to the U.S. is added to his arrest last year and release nine days later. The then-Mexican president considered it proof of the corruption of the judicial system
The delivery of Rafael Caro Quintero, the leaders of Loz Zetas and other organized crime kingpins marks a watershed in security policy
Drug trafficking, homicide and organized crime are some of the charges that the dozens of cartel members extradited to contain tariff threats face in US courts
With over two decades in the anti-drug agency, he undertook missions in Colombia and Afghanistan and was regional chief for Mexico, Canada, and Central America. His appointment threatens to further strain relations with the Mexican government
The White House has set a price on the capture of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, offering more than the reward for Los Chapitos and the same amount it would pay for Nicolás Maduro
The Mexican Prosecutor’s Office has announced the crime is being investigated in the case of the Sinaloa Cartel leader and Joaquín Guzmán López. It was recently modified in a context similar to the drug lords’ detention in the US
The message Washington is sending with the arrest of the drug lord and the suspicion of an extraterritorial operation fuels distrust between the security agencies of both countries
The man who was once one of the heirs to the Sinaloa Cartel empire was freed from prison in 2021 after testifying against El Chapo in a plea deal
The arrest of the co-founder of the powerful criminal organization in the US opens up several possible scenarios: wars of succession, changes in the criminal structure, and confrontation with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Details over the arrests of the historic leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and one of the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán remain shrouded in mystery
The drug trafficker’s defense claims that ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s son tied the drug lord up, threw him into a pick-up truck and forced him to board the plane that took him to El Paso, Texas, and jail
The Treasury accuses the group of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine and of illegally smuggling migrants into the U.S.
The latest annual report from the anti-narcotics agency warns that the two criminal groups ‘have effectively eliminated any competition’ and already have a presence in all 50 states of the country
The drug lord recounts his life as a key member of the Medellín Cartel after leaving a US prison, where he served 33 years
A new publication about the alleged links between drug traffickers and the president’s inner circle has, once again, strained the bilateral relationship. According to experts, this is a strategy by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to attack the Mexican president
This new class of synthetic opioids has been implicated in more than 200 deaths in Europe and North America since 2019
Two DEA agents run names in a confidential database that tracks federal investigations of interest to his new employers, including the timing of the exact date when the grand jury was to indict businessman Alex Saab
Maintaining the notion that the war on drugs is the solution is borderline insulting in light of the overwhelming evidence accumulated from decades of failure
The former secretary of defense whose arrest in 2021 caused a diplomatic clash has received recognition for his contributions to the army
Louis Milione had retired from the DEA this summer for a second time amid reporting by The Associated Press on potential conflicts caused by his prior consulting for the pharmaceutical industry
