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How two officers accidentally captured El Chapo after his dramatic escape — the real events behind Netflix’s new thriller

Netflix's Facing El Chapo revisits Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's January 2016 recapture. Two federal officers unknowingly stopped the fugitive after a military operation. Guzmán had escaped through a tunnel and a sewer system prior to this arrest. The film explores the officers' dilemma after this extraordinary and dangerous capture. This…

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Alfonso Herrera's Double Celebration: His 43rd Birthday and the Biggest Surprise of His Career, 'None of Us Could Have Predicted This' - INTERVIEW

Facing El Chapo has turned into an unexpected global phenomenon. The film climbed to No. 1 on Netflix's worldwide movie rankings, taking a story rooted deeply in Mexico and carrying it far beyond its natural audience. For Herrera and the team behind the film, the scale of the response was…

Latin Times

Rafael Amaya Attended El Chapo's Daughters' Quinceañera, Months Before Playing the Drug Lord in New Series

Rafael Amaya was among the guests at the quinceañera of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and Emma Coronel's twin daughters, an intriguing real-life encounter for the Mexican actor who is preparing to portray the imprisoned drug lord in a new television series produced with Coronel.

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TikTok Had to Tell 'Chico Rabia' He Was Insulting El Chapo's Wife

A TikToker insulted Emma Coronel during a live without apparently recognizing El Chapo's wife. Then viewers began telling him who she was.

Latin Times

Sheinbaum Says 'El Mayo' Case Remains Open After Mexico Arrests Witness to His Alleged Kidnapping

Mexico has made a new arrest in the investigation into how Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was allegedly kidnapped and flown across the border into U.S. custody, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying that the case remains open more than two years later.

Latin Times

Trump Administration Expected to Increase Rewards for Two Remaining 'Chapitos' Fugitives

Currently, the U.S. government, through its various agencies, offers a large number of rewards totaling more than $211 million for information leading to the capture of more than 30 cartel leaders.

Latin Times

Netflix Revisits El Chapo's World With Poncho Herrera Playing the Officer Who Stands in His Way

Instead of focusing on El Chapo himself, Netflix's upcoming movie 'Facing El Chapo' (original title: 'La Captura') tells the story from the perspective of the two policemen whose routine patrol placed them face-to-face with the world's most wanted fugitive on the day of his final capture, played by Alfonso Herrera…

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Sinaloa cartel leader calls for people to choose a different path during sentencing: ‘Violence must end’

He read his remarks in Spanish from a piece of paper, coughed several times, and appeared emotionless as his sentence was confirmed

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Mexican drug kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada to be sentenced in US to life in prison

Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada faces sentencing Monday for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel. He admitted to shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine over decades as a cartel leader. Zambada agreed to a plea deal last year, avoiding the death penalty. He was arrested in July 2024…

The Economic Times

Former Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada set to be sentenced to life in prison

Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is set to be sentenced to life in prison in the U.S., a punishment guaranteed by his guilty plea last year to drug trafficking charges

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'El Mayo' Zambada Asks to Avoid El Chapo's Supermax and Serve His Life Sentence in a Prison Hospital

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, has told a U.S. federal court he won't fight the life sentence he is about to receive, but he would rather not spend his final years in the same "supermax" prison that holds his old partner, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Latin Times

El Chapo's Lawyer Says He Will Send U.S. Authorities List of 32 Mexican Officials Allegedly Linked to Drug Cartels

El Chapo's attorney, Gerardo Rincón Flores, said in an interview that his client plans to provide U.S. authorities with information related to 32 alleged officials linked to drug trafficking during the administrations of Enrique Peña Nieto and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Latin Times

JD Vance: U.S. Doesn't Rule Out Military Operations in Mexico to Combat Drug Cartels

Vice President JD Vance tells Univision the U.S. reserves the right to take unilateral military action in Mexico against cartels, despite Sheinbaum's opposition.

Latin Times

Report: La Mayiza Gains Ground Against Los Chapitos Following Rocha Moya Indictment

Since the turf wars between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza began in Sept. 2024, Mexican authorities have recorded 3,244 homicides and 3,836 disappearances tied to the conflict.

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Former Partner of 'El Chapo' Guzmán Opens Up About Relationship With Sinaloa Cartel Leader

During the interview, Sánchez said her relationship with El Chapo eventually ended after she discovered hidden microphones and cameras inside the vehicle Guzmán had given her.

Latin Times

Los Chapitos Allegedly Shared Info With U.S. in Rocha Moya Probe Amid Surrender Talks-Report

The discussions reportedly have been ongoing for more than a year, with the brothers allegedly waiting to see how the cases involving their half-brothers, Ovidio Guzmán López and Joaquín Guzmán López, unfold before deciding their next move.

Latin Times

El Chapo Acusses the Mexican Goverment of Framing Him with Violent Crimes: "They blamed me for things I didn't do"

El Chapo's latest claims that he committed no crimes contrast with comments made by his former wife, Emma Coronel, last year, when she publicly apologized to victims affected by organized crime

International Business Times

'El Chapo' Guzman Says He Wants To Go Back To Mexico In 'Polite' Letter To Judge

Mexican drug cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán has asked to be extradited back to his home country as he continues to complain about the conditions of his imprisonment.

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El Chapo Guzmán Writes a New Handwritten Letter Requesting Extradition to Mexico

A handwritten letter filed in federal court in Brooklyn shows that Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is once again attempting to challenge the outcome of his case, this time asking to be returned to Mexico.

Latin Times

Emma Coronel Remembers El Chapo Guzmán in New Instagram Post

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of imprisoned Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, drew attention on social media this weekend after sharing an Instagram story featuring a song that mentions both her and her husband.

International Business Times

Mexican Raid Captures Associates Of 'El Chapo's' Brother

Mexican authorities have captured three men with strong ties to drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's brother.

Latin Times

Mexican Authorities Arrest Key Associates of 'El Guano,' Including Alleged Right-Hand Man

The Defense Ministry said the operation was carried out with intelligence sharing between Mexican and U.S. authorities. Those detained were transferred to Culiacán, Sinaloa, as proceedings against them continue.

Latin Times

El Guano, El Chapo's Brother, Remains at Large After High-Level Operation in Sinaloa, Officials Say

A major Mexican security operation in Sinaloa set off a wave of speculation that Aureliano Guzmán Loera, better known as 'El Guano' and identified as a brother of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, had been captured.

Latin Times

Ceci Flores, One of Mexico's Best-Known Mothers Searching for Their Missing Children, Sends Heartbreaking Letter to El Chapo After His Prison Rights Appeal

Ceci Flores, one of Mexico's best-known search activists, has taken an extraordinary and deeply painful step. In a public appeal, the founder of Madres Buscadoras de Sonora asked Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to help families locate people allegedly disappeared by the Sinaloa Cartel, including her son Alejandro Guadalupe Islas Flores.

International Business Times

El Chapo Resurfaces with a Desperate Letter in English from Supermax Prison

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán has made himself heard again from inside the United State's most restrictive federal prison, this time with a handwritten letter in English that pleads for "fairness" and claims his constitutional rights have been violated.

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