All news on the topic: El Chapo

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El Chapo’s nephew captured in northern Mexico as authorities seize cocaine, guns and grenades in major cartel blow
The nephew of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was captured in an operation in Mexico, security authorities said Tuesday.
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Land where notorious cartel leader El Mencho was tracked down and killed by elite forces is now being sold by the Mexican government
The government of Mexico has announced the auction of a plot of land within the country club where the drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera, also known as "El Mencho," died during a clash with the army in February.
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Drug kingpin Joaquin ’El Chapo’ Guzman asks U.S. judge to return him to Mexico after calling sentence unfair
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has requested U.S. court authorities to transfer him back to his birth country, according to court filings revealed on Monday, as he serves a life sentence he considers "cruel."
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Beyond stereotypes: Women shaping Latin America’s organized crime networks
The response to the recent killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," the former leader of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation, largely overlooked an intriguing fact.
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Sinaloa boss ‘El Mayo’ pleads guilty, admits $15B empire — threatens to expose Mexican corruption
The Sinaloa cartel leader’s revelations will put pressure on Claudia Sheinbaum to act.
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Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug case, aims to avoid life sentencing
A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, becoming the first of the drug lord’s sons to enter a plea deal.
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El Chapo's son plans to admit guilt in a US drug trafficking case
The son of infamous Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" plans to admit guilt to drug trafficking charges in the United States, as stated in court documents submitted on Tuesday
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The Trump administration imposes sanctions on El Chapo's sons and announces a $10 million reward for their arrest
On Monday, the Trump administration implemented sanctions on the two fugitive sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel leader, and announced a $10 million reward for information that would lead to their capture
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DEA's most wanted drug kingpin, Rafael Caro Quintero, arrives in NYC to face charges following his extradition from Mexico to the US
A drug cartel leader, labeled as the US Drug Enforcement Administration's primary target due to his involvement in the murder of a DEA agent, was transferred from Mexico to New York City on Thursday and is anticipated to appear before a judge on Friday
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Aragua Train, MS-13, and Mexican cartel gangs classified as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump Administration's State Department
The updated policy prohibits Americans from giving 'material support or resources' to the gangs and authorizes the US to deport their members
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US Apprehends Two Leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel: 'El Mayo' Zambada and the Son of 'El Chapo'
The Justice Department announced that the men were apprehended in El Paso, though they did not immediately share details about how the arrests were made
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Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, a co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, is reportedly in US custody along with El Chapo's son, according to sources
Zambada established the Sinaloa Cartel with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is now imprisoned, and he is confronted with numerous charges for drug trafficking and organized crime in the US
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'El Chapo's' granddaughter, 18, participates in search for the Loch Ness Monster while exploring Scotland
The granddaughter of "El Chapo" has been having a great time traveling across Europe while her drug-trafficking grandfather remains in a federal prison -- she even participated in a search for the mysterious Loch Ness Monster in Scotland
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Convicted drug trafficker ‘El Mago,’ who was linked to the infamous Sinaloa cartel, shot dead in LA: authorities
A member of the Sinaloa cartel who was pals with the son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and flaunted pictures of himself posing with Al Pacino and other celebrities was gunned in Los Angeles.
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El Chapo's Sinaloa drug cartel prohibits the production of fentanyl with the threat of death
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's children have prohibited the Sinaloa drug cartel from manufacturing fentanyl, with death as the consequence, as law enforcement in the US and Mexico intensify their efforts against drug traffickers
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Ovidio Guzmán López, son of cartel boss ‘El Chapo,’ extradited to US to face drug trafficking charges
Mexico extradited Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, to the United States on Friday to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
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El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro walks free after less than two years over gang charges
Emma Coronel Aispuro was released Wednesday from a half-way home in Los Angeles after serving less than two years of her three-year sentence for her role in her husband— Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán's— cartel operation.
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El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro transferred from prison to halfway house ahead of release
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 33, was moved from a federal prison in Texas to a facility in Long Beach.
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Feds charge 28 Sinaloa Cartel members, including El Chapo’s sons, for fentanyl trafficking
The Justice Department charged 28 members of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa Cartel, including four of El Chapo’s sons in a huge fentanyl trafficking case, which is the result of a decades-long investigation which spanned ten countries and five continents, the Justice Department said.
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Trial begins in New York City for Mexico's former top police official accused of assisting El Chapo's cartel
The bribery trial of Mexico's former federal police chief, accused of accepting millions in exchange for supporting "El Chapo" Guzman's brutal Sinaloa cartel, began with opening statements on Monday
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El Chapo pleads with Mexico's President AMLO to remove him from 'harsh' US prison
Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is urging Mexico to extradite him from the US super-max prison where he is serving a life sentence, describing his stay there as "psychological torture."
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Aeromexico passengers panic when plane hit by gunfire after arrest of El Chapo’s son
Passengers aboard Aeromexico Flight 165 were seen on video diving for cover after their jet was hit by gunfire during a firefight between cartel members and the military following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán-López.
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Mexico Apprehends Son of Drug Leader 'El Chapo' Ahead of Biden's Visit
Ovidio Guzmán, known as "the Mouse," wasn't one of El Chapo's more famous sons until an unsuccessful attempt to capture him three years back
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Mexican gang leader with ties to El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel among jailbreak escapees
Ernesto "El Neto" Piñón and at least 24 others, including members of the bloodthirsty Los Mexicles gang, fled Juarez's Cereso #3 state prison in Ciudad Juarez Sunday morning.
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A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of El Chapo for drug trafficking
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in New York upheld the conviction of the infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on charges related to managing a multi-billion dollar drug trafficking enterprise