In the escalating war among rival factions of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán are suspected of ordering the destruction of elaborate mausoleums that belong to rival families,
Bloodshed between members of the Sinaloa Cartel may be common, but the death of influencers is a new development.
A man suffered severe burns during the fire at the Royal Yak casino in Culiacan, Mexico which saw the building completely engulfed with flames and plumes of dark smoke fill the sky
Friends and family of Macalla Knott say she's not what you think after she pleaded guilty to distributing nearly $10 million worth of drugs from Mexico to the upper Midwest.
After the arrest of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, a.k.a "El Nini" in November of last year, "El Perris" became the security chief for "Los Chapitos". Both Salas and Benítez form part of a group called "Los Ninis," the armed wing that protects the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
In a high-stakes operation, the Mexican Navy delivered a major blow to the Sinaloa Cartel on January 15. The Navy uncovered and destroyed a clandestine drug lab in Sinaloa, seizing 15 kilograms of synthetic drugs and a vast array of chemicals and equipment used for drug production.
Prosecutors said Keith Rodriguez Padilla obtained powerful guns and ammunition for the Valenzuela trafficking organization
The possible testimony of the son and once heir of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada is the latest twist in a billion-dollar Mexican family saga of treachery and violence
An expert on Central American criminal cartels says the feared drugs gangs have moved their production of the deadly "zombie drug" fentanyl to Canada
As for his former boss, El Chapo is serving a life sentence at ADX Florence in Colorado for being a principal leader of "a continuing criminal enterprise". He was jailed in February 2019, while his sons were arrested and charged by federal authorities in 2024 for continuing the work of the Sinaloa cartel in the U.S.
Keith Octavio Rodriguez Padilla, referred to as "a prolific firearms' trafficker" by authorities, was sentenced in a San Diego federal courtroom this week to almost 20 years in prison.