El Chapo’s 4 Sons, 2 Dozen Others Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking
The Justice Department leveled numerous charges against four sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and 24 other members of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Alleged Assassin for Sinaloa Cartel Extradited to U.S. on Drug Trafficking Charges
A former high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited from Mexico to the U.S. to face charges of international drug trafficking, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
DEA, Local Police Targeting Sinaloa Cartel Seized $13M Worth of Drugs
In a three-year investigation targeting the Sinaloa Cartel, the DEA and local police in Arizona have seized narcotics worth more than $13 million, including more than 4.5 million fentanyl pills, 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, and large amounts of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl powder.
Mexico’s J. Edgar Hoover Convicted in N.Y. of Taking Bribes From Sinaloa Cartel
By Allan Lengel Genaro García Luna, once Mexico’s top security official who was often described as the J. Edgar Hoover of Mexico, was convicted Tuesday in a federal court in Brooklyn of taking millions of dollars in bribes from the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, the New York Times reports. Following three days of deliberation, a…
El Chapo’s Wife Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Helping Drug Kingpin Run Cartel
The wife of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for helping her husband run his cartel and aiding his 2015 escape from a Mexican prison.
DEA: Sinaloa Cartel Is Biggest Criminal Threat to U.S., Despite Ex-Leader’s Arrest
The biggest criminal threat to the U.S. is Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa Cartel, a notorious drug trafficking syndicate whose leader is serving life behind bars, according to a new DEA report.
El Chapo Gets a Life Sentence for Running the Deadly, Highly Profitable Sinaloa Cartel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, best known internationally as “El Chapo,” was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York to life, plus 30 years to run consecutive to the life sentence. “The long road that brought ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Loera to a United States courtroom is…
El Chapo Trial: How the FBI Cracked Sinaloa Cartel’s Sophisticated Communications System
When the FBI couldn’t crack the Sinaloa cartel’s encrypted messages, agents did the next best thing: They went after the tech guru who built the sophisticated communications system.