The arrest last summer of Mexico's most elusive drug lord set off a bloody regional war, leaving more than 1,000 dead and more than 1,000 missing. NPR reports from the state of Sinaloa.

A son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has agreed to plead guilty to drug trafficking in the United States as part of a plea deal, court documents show. Another son, Joaquin Guzman ...

Mexican authorities in Sinaloa state said 20 people were killed, including some who were decapitated, in the latest episode ...

Authorities in the northern state of Sinaloa reported on Monday the discovery of 20 bodies in Culiacán, five of which were ...

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada decided to stick with the lawyer defending him from U.S. drug trafficking charges despite a possible conflict of interest.

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty to U.S. narcotics trafficking and murder charges on Friday. Zambada said in a letter that he was ...

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges in a case accusing him of engaging in murder plots ...

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking, murder and other charges in a New York court, months after his dramatic ...

Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of the Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, were arrested July 25 by U.S. Marshals at a Dona Ana County private airport in ...

Mexican investigators are seeking to determine if Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's arrest at a United States airfield amounted to the forcible abduction of a Mexican citizen.

A Mexican drug kingpin arrested in the US last month will face trial in Brooklyn after a judge approved prosecutors’ request to move the case from Texas to the Big Apple.

It's part of the long, strange saga of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who unexpectedly appeared on a flight that landed near El Paso, Texas, in July.