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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 »

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 »

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 »

Sinaloa cartel in cahoots with Chinese syndicates for Philippine ops - PDEA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 03:30 PM

The Sinaloa cartel, a multi-billion dollar Mexican drug empire, has teamed up with Chinese syndicates to smuggle narcotics into the country, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Wednesday.  Read more »

Alleged Sinaloa cartel member found guilty of drug trafficking

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 03:41 PM

MANILA - A Makati court on Wednesday convicted for drug trafficking a Mexican man believed to be a high-ranking member of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel caught here about 4 years ago.   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 »

'Godfather of Mexican drug trafficking' added to FBI's most wanted list

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Apr 13 11:22 AM

WASHINGTON - A veteran Mexican drug lord drug, who is accused of murdering a federal agent in 1985, was added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list on Thursday after a newly unsealed indictment charged him for his continued criminal drug activities. Read more »