The Rise and Fall of El Negro Willy, Ecuador’s Prison-Guard Mafia Boss
The first sign that armed gang members had invaded a TV station in Guayaquil came when two masked youths appeared…
United States Targets Mexico’s the Línea Gang Over Fentanyl
The United States government has sanctioned members of Mexico’s the Línea criminal group for their involvement in fentanyl trafficking, again…
Two US-Mexico Border Sheriffs, Two Visions on Immigration and Security
It was well after dark in southeastern Arizona, and the temperature had dipped close to freezing. Outside the Cochise County…
Mexico’s Former Security Chief Just Got Decades in Prison. But Will That Curtail Cartel Corruption?
One of the masterminds of Mexico’s militarized approach to combating organized crime was sentenced to more than 38 years in…
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…
US Customs Makes Historic Fentanyl Seizure
A massive seizure of the drug suggests that fentanyl production is thriving in Mexico, despite a ban by certain criminal…
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…