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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.

Latin Times

El Mencho's Death Could Reshape Alliance Between Jalisco Cartel and Los Chapitos, Experts Say

Following the death of El Mencho on Feb. 22, experts say Los Chapitos could lose access to key resources needed to sustain the conflict.

Latin Times

Lawyers accuse Mexico of breaking law in sending cartel members to US without extradition order

A group of lawyers and family members of cartel members accused Mexico’s government on Tuesday of breaking the law by sending nearly a hundred Mexican citizens to the United States without an extradition order

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Cartel Turf Wars Will Fuel Recruitment Of Minors To Replenish Ranks, Former DEA Agent Says

Ongoing turf wars among Mexico's most powerful cartels will further fuel the recruitment of minors to replenish their dwindling ranks, according to a former top Drug Enforcement Agency agent.

Latin Times

Former Top DEA Official Says Trump's Campaign Against Drug Traffickers Is a 'Charade': 'Based on Hypocrisy'

A former top Drug Enforcement Agency official said the anti drug-trafficking campaign being conducted by the Trump administration is a "charade" and "based on lies."

Latin Times

Trump move to pardon Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big-time trafficker off the hook?

The Guardian - US

Mexico president dismisses US claim of cartel bounties on immigration officials

Sheinbaum says she has ‘no information’ about Trump administration claim as experts also deeply skeptical

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Former DEA Agent Warns Against U.S. Drone Strikes Against Mexican Cartels: 'It Would Become Another Vietnam'

A former DEA agent issued a warning against the possibility that the Trump administration will launch drone strikes against Mexican cartels

Latin Times

Trump’s war with cartels will backfire

Calling drug cartels “terrorists” is a failure to understand how the drug war really works

Salon

Drone Surveillance Missions Along U.S.-Mexico Border 'Could Be A Sign of Future Strikes,' DEA Agent Says

Between late January and early February, the U.S. conducted at least surveillance flights along the U.S.-Mexico border

Latin Times

Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here's how the drug reaches the U.S.

President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is aimed at stopping the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Chinese and Mexican officials say the opioid crisis is largely a U.S. problem because that's where the demand is

The Independent UK

Donald Trump warned over plan to designate drug cartels as terrorists

Some said the move was simply ‘political theatre’

The Independent UK

U.S. Government Reportedly Wants 'El Mayo' to Give Information About a Mexican President

A specialized journalist said the Department of Justice is trying to get the imprisoned drug lord to disclose potential dealings with high ranking Mexican officials

Latin Times

Former top DEA official says it's highly unlikely 'El Mayo' will cooperate with U.S. authorities

Mike Vigil said that since the cartel leader is unhealthy and relatively old, there is practically no deal the U.S. can offer that will entice him to cooperate

Latin Times

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Here's who is left to lead the Sinaloa Cartel after El Mayo's 'kidnapping'

Historically recognized as one of the most powerful drug cartels, the Sinaloa Cartel now faces an uncertain future, marked by fragmentation and internal power struggles.

International Business Times

What's The Fallout Of Mexican Drug Lords' Capture?

Two top leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested by US agents in Texas during a dramatic operation and without the involvment of Mexican authorities.

International Business Times

Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…

Chicago Sun-Times

Mexico arrests alleged security chief for the ‘Chapitos’ wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel

Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas was being sought in the U.S. on charges of conspiracy to import and distribute fentanyl.

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Mexico extradites son of former Sinaloa cartel leader 'El Chapo' to the U.S.

Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, faces drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges in the United States. Mexican security forces captured Guzmán López in January.

The Independent UK

Case details Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl-fueled evolution

Prosecutors revealed in a recent indictment that while Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serves a life sentence, his sons have steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they smuggle into the U.S. The indictment…

The Independent UK

Chemicals for possible fentanyl production seized in Arizona

U.S. agents in southern Arizona say they seized up to 440 pounds of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to manufacture the dangerous drug fentanyl

The Independent UK

Mexican capo's arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change

Mexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week likely is an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed

The Guardian - US

Twenty-four hours of terror as cartel violence engulfs Mexican city

At least 29 people killed in Culiacán as drug cartel gunmen fight bloody battle to stop transport of El Chapo’s son after arrest

The Independent UK

'Forgotten' US victims of Mexican drug lord want justice

When fugitive 1980s Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Mexico last week, it stirred up old, terrible memories for Lannie Walker, the daughter of American writer John Clay Walker

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: 37 years later, Mexican drug lord to face justice

The capture of fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was hailed by U.S. authorities as an example of cooperation with Mexico in the fight against drugs

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