MEXICO CITY — Top drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has done what Mexican authorities promised would not happen again after his re-capture last year — escaped for a second time from a maximum security prison.
A major Mexican drug cartel founder has been killed, with his severely tortured body dumped on the side of the road.
Mexico is willing to extradite drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, following what could be a lengthy legal process, a Mexican law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday.
Mexico City, – A lawyer for Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman filed an appeal to block his extradition to the United States, where he faces drug and murder charges.
A Mexican federal police officer who captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in northwest Mexico last year was moved for his own safety to a posting at the Mexican embassy in Washington, DC, according to two Mexican law enforcement sources.
Mexico City – One of the Sinaloa cartel leaders who launched a struggle for control of the gang following the re-arrest of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was captured Tuesday, Mexican prosecutors said.
MONTERREY, Mexico – Authorities in the northern Mexico say they’ve arrested a businessman accused in the U.S. of helping a former governor launder money.
Fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was recaptured six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Friday.
Escaped drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is taunting his pursuers and former captors — with online photos showing him enjoying a beer and in the cockpit of a plane.
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican federal judge who presided over appeals from high-profile drug kingpins in recent years was fatally shot in the head outside his home on Monday, authorities said.
