Warring Criminal Groups Are Targeting Civilians in Chiapas, Mexico
An intensification of violence in the southern Mexican border state of Chiapas is pushing the number of displaced and missing…
A Cold War Is Raging Inside the Sinaloa Cartel Following El Mayo’s Capture
On a deserted, unpaved street in the rural community of La Loma, a young man in his twenties stands on…
Emma Coronel’s Music Video Debut Plays to ‘Buchona’ Stereotypes
Emma Coronel, the wife of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, has been in the spotlight in recent weeks, amid a…
Truth or Lie? A Letter From El Mayo Fuels Mexico-US Tensions Over Sinaloa Cartel Arrests
Controversy and conflicting narratives persist around the arrests of two top Sinaloa Cartel leaders in the United States, raising questions…
Ismael Zambada García, alias ‘El Mayo’
Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias “El Mayo,” was the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Along with Joaquín Guzmán…
Sinaloa Cartel Leaders Arrested in Symbolic, but Hollow Victory for US
In a stunning turn of events, two of the Sinaloa Cartel’s most-wanted drug traffickers are in custody in the United…
How Mexico’s CJNG Controls Guadalajara’s Expanding Drug Market
One of Mexico’s most powerful crime groups, the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG), is employing…
Mexico’s Meth Producers Are Making Their Own Precursors, Government Says
Mexico’s navy warned of an increase in the use of less regulated chemicals for methamphetamine production this week, confirming an…
The Mafias Behind Sand Trafficking in Latin America
Just 50 miles from Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous beaches, one of the city’s most powerful gangsters found a fortune to…