Border Patrol agents in western Texas have been warned of potential gunfire from members of the Sinaloa Cartel following the July arrest of two of its high-profile leaders, according to an internal memo.
Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the notorious crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges Tuesday.
Two leaders of Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa Cartel, including the son of the notorious crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested by American law enforcement officials, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
The Justice Department charged 47 alleged members of a Sinaloa Cartel-linked drug dealing network in Imperial Valley, Calif., as part of a long-term investigation Wednesday.
Mexican authorities have arrested the alleged security chief of the Sinaloa cartel who is accused of ruthlessly protecting the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, a son of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a statement.
Jack Riley, the former DEA special agent who led the capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2016, said he wishes the former Mexican cartel leader was sentenced to death.
A yearlong operation by the DEA that targeted Mexican drug cartels resulted in more than 3,300 arrests and the seizure of a massive amount of fentanyl and firearms.
