The son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” intends to plead guilty to drug trafficking charges in the U.S., according to court documents filed Tuesday. Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez, along with his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the cartel known as the “Chapitos,” or little Chapos, that exported fentanyl to…
The brother-in-law of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” was sentenced Friday to 30 years in U.S. federal prison following his 2017 arrest at a beach resort in Brazil while vacationing with his family under a fake name. José González Valencia, 49, was sentenced in a federal court in Washington, D.C….
Watch the CBS Reports documentary “Arming Cartels: Inside the Mexican-American Gunrunning Networks” in the video player above. Mexican drug cartels have been smuggling a vast arsenal of even military-grade weapons out of the U.S. with the help of American citizens, a CBS Reports investigation has found. Exclusively-obtained U.S. intelligence documents and interviews with half a dozen…
Why Trump is pushing military help for Mexico Why Trump is pushing military help for Mexico to help fight cartels 02:14 Guatemala on Friday handed over one of its most wanted drug fugitives to the United States, which noted the extradition as the Central American country’s “most important” in decades. Aler Baldomero Samayoa-Recinos, whose alias…
Washington — A group of House and Senate Democrats is urging top Trump administration officials to use the recent designation of Latin American cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations to take action to curtail the flow of American-made guns across the southern border. The 14 Democratic lawmakers said in a letter to Homeland Security…
The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who was U.S. ambassador to Mexico during the first Trump…
The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison for his leadership role in one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Rubén Oseguera, known as “El Menchito”, is the son of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, the fugitive cartel boss of the Jalisco New Generation…
Cartel leader accused in DEA agent murder pleads not guilty | Full press conference Cartel leader accused in DEA agent murder pleads not guilty | Full press conference 13:25 Cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero, wanted for the notorious killing of a U.S. DEA agent in Mexico, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday in New…
Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is wanted for the notorious killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States with 28 other prisoners requested by the U.S. government, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday evening. “The defendants taken into U.S. custody today include leaders and managers of drug cartels…
Gunfights on Monday shook a Mexican border city plagued by drug cartel-related violence, forcing the suspension of flights at the local airport, authorities said. The violence in Nuevo Laredo, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader, Ricardo Gonzalez, alias “El Ricky.” The U.S. consulate in Nuevo Laredo issued a…