By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mexico has ruled that drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman can be extradited to the U.S. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department ruled on the issue, according to the Associated Press. Guzman can appeal, which could delay the move by weeks or months, AP reported. The U.S. has guaranteed Mexico that Guzman will…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some thought he’d never get caught. But Friday members of Mexico’s navy caught drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in a bloody raid Friday, CNN reports. “Mission Accomplished,” President Enrique Peña Nieto announced via Twitter. “We have him,” CNN reports. The navy caught Guzman in an operation at about 4:30 a.m….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John “Jack” Riley, the DEA’s acting deputy administrator, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of the Year for 2015. Riley, a native of Chicago with more than 25 years of drug law enforcement experience, was appointed the acting second-in-command of the DEA in April as the top administrator, Michele Leonhart, was stepping…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A controversial report has surfaced in wake of the July 11 prison escape of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The website, Intercept reports that Presco, an investigative Mexican magazine, is saying that initial reports about the February 2014 arrest of Guzmanin weren’t true. The media reported back then that the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New memos leaked by WikiLeaks shows the DEA asked the White House for permission to kill notorious kingpin and fugitive Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Latin Times reports. The messages come from Fred Burton, vice president of intelligence and an expert on Mexican drug cartels. “If the DEA can specifically locate the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Known as Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has eluded U.S. authorities since he famously broke out of a Mexican jail in a laundry cart in 2001 and rebuilt the notorious Sinaloa cartel. But authorities may find clues about his whereabouts after border patrol officers detained the kingpin’s daughter…
As if we needed more evidence of the threat the Mexican cartels pose to the United States, here’s the latest. Don’t be surprised to see more DEA agents in Mexico and possibly other U.S. personnel from other agencies– and even the military. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times SELLS, Ariz. — The reputed head of…
