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Mexican town turned-war zone fears new era of narco violence

Sofia Miselem and Marcos Vizcarra, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 04:51 PM

People in Culiacan are used to living alongside drug traffickers. It is, after all, the state capital of Sinaloa, home to the powerful drug cartel of the same name and its jailed kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Read more »

In Mexico, El Chapo’s sons add brash new chapter to crime family

David Alire Garcia, Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 11:48 AM

The mug shot-style photo of Ovidio Guzman that appeared as he was apprehended oozed defiance. Chin jutting out, eyes trained on the camera, the handsome youth bore a strong resemblance to his infamous father, jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.  Read more »

'Failure': Mexico admits bungled arrest of El Chapo's son after mayhem

Dave Graham and Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 11:28 PM

Mexican officials on Friday admitted they had bungled the arrest of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son, who they let go during shootouts with drug gangs in the streets of a major city, but the president insisted his security strategy was working. Read more »

Fierce battles in Mexico as arrest of El Chapo's son goes wrong

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 06:38 PM

Heavily armed gunmen waged an all-out battle against Mexican security forces Thursday as soldiers arrested -- then reportedly released -- a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in his home state, Sinaloa. Read more »

Honduran president took fortune in drug bribes: US prosecutor

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 10:54 AM

NEW YORK - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez took millions of dollars in bribes from drug lords including jailed Mexican kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a US prosecutor said Wednesday at the opening of his brother's trial. Read more »

Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 18 10:52 AM

NEW YORK - Once one of the world's most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday -- the mandatory punishment for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century. Read more »

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' says confinement is 'mental torture'

Brendan Pierson and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 10:11 PM

NEW YORK - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, on Wednesday said his confinement amounted to "mental torture" before a US judge sentenced him. Read more »

El Chapo's wife to launch clothing brand using drug lord's name

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 03:20 AM

The wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is to launch a new line in clothing bearing the name of the jailed Mexican mob boss, convicted earlier this year of smuggling huge amounts of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the United States.  Read more »

PH court convicts suspected Sinaloa drug cartel member

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 12:22 AM

Here in Manila, an alleged member of El Chapo's Sinaloa drug cartel is also found guilty of drug trafficking. Read more »

Miyembro ng malaking drug cartel, napatawan ng habambuhay na kulong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 09:31 PM

Habambuhay na kulong at multang P500,000 hanggang P10 milyon ang ipinataw sa isang Mehikanong miyembro umano ng makapangyarihang Sinaloa drug cartel. Read more »

'El Chapo' likely heading for Colorado prison where no one has escaped

Alex Dobuzinskis, Reuters
Posted at Feb 13 07:44 AM

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of running a criminal enterprise that smuggled drugs into the United States, is likely headed to a "supermax" prison where repeating his past escapes would be nearly impossible.   Read more »

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' found guilty in US trial

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 13 02:22 AM

NEW YORK (UPDATED) - The world's most infamous cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to run a global drug empire and amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of drug trafficking. Read more »

Jury weighs fate of drug kingpin 'El Chapo'

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 05:54 AM

A New York jury began deliberating the fate of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Monday after a three month drug trial that laid bare the loves, schemes and escapes of Mexico's most famous drug lord. Read more »

El Chapo’s wife says mobster is ‘excellent’ husband, father

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 04:34 AM

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was accused of smuggling hundreds of tons of drugs into the United States over the past quarter-century. Read more »

El Chapo, actor who plays him on 'Narcos' cross paths in US court

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 08:55 AM

The actor who plays Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Netflix hit "Narcos: Mexico" made an appearance in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn on Monday, taking advantage of an unusual opportunity to study his character in real life. Read more »

'El Chapo' paid former Mexican president $100 million bribe -trial witness

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 07:55 AM

Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a former associate testified on Tuesday that he previously told US authorities. Read more »

Chapo's secret messages to his wife and lover revealed

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 07:43 AM

Prosecutors trying Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman opened an extraordinary window Wednesday into the intimate life of the Mexican drug lord as he plotted crime deals with his wife and a lover while doting on his twin daughters.   Read more »

El Chapo's high life: Swiss clinics, mansions and a zoo

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 07:20 AM

Rejuvenation treatments at Swiss clinics, a beachfront mansion in Acapulco and a private zoo of lions: the US trial of drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was given an extraordinary glimpse Tuesday into his life of excess. Read more »

'El Chapo' oversaw drug shipments, bribes as head of cartel, trial witness says

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 08:07 AM

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was "the boss" of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, a witness told jurors in the accused Mexican drug lord's trial in Brooklyn federal court on Monday, contradicting the claim by Guzman's lawyers that his dominance of the drug trade was a myth. Read more »

Mexican presidents accused as defense opens El Chapo trial

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 07:51 AM

Drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's defense told his New York trial Tuesday that his cartel bribed Mexican presidents, painting the absent co-defendant as a ruthless criminal who murdered in cold blood. Read more »