The Sinaloa Cartel’s Top Woman Will Be Out of Prison in Just 3 Years
The light sentence—in part thanks to good behaviour and time served—also reflects her “substantial” cooperation with prosecutors.
This Woman Ran Her Own Mexican Drug Cartel — and It Ended Very Badly
Luz Irene Fajardo Campos was just sentenced to 22 years in a U.S. prison for drug-trafficking from Sinaloa, Mexico.
Rio's Deadliest Police Raid on Record Kills 24
“This wasn’t a police operation. It was an execution. A slaughter. The police came here to kill,” one resident told VICE World News.
Mexico Threatened to Kick Out the DEA to Get US Charges Dropped Against Former Top General
The arrest of Mexico's former defense secretary on drug charges triggered a diplomatic crisis —and the U.S. caved.
US Suddenly Decides Not to Prosecute Top Mexican General for Narco-Corruption
The unprecedented move will drop drug trafficking charges against Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda and send him back to Mexico to face justice.
Mexican Cartels Are Using More U.S. Citizens to Smuggle Drugs Because of COVID
Until travel restrictions for non-Americans on the U.S / Mexico border lift, the trend looks set to continue.
Kidnappings and Overdoses: Mexico's Lost Drug Users Remembered on Day of the Dead
Harm reduction centers in border towns say drug users have vanished following a spate of kidnappings – allegedly carried out by the police.
Migrants at the Mexico Border Aren't Counting on a Biden Win to Change Their Fate
Many are relying on God, not the candidates, for help. “God is the media we listen to. He will decide where we end up.”
The DEA Just Arrested Mexico's Ex-Defense Chief in Los Angeles
Drug trafficking and money laundering charges against the former military chief, who answered only to the president, accuse him of working with, rather than against, Mexico’s powerful cartels.
El Salvador's Hipster President Is Attacking the Media
The environment for investigative outlets in the Central American nation is dire. Journalists who've written critically about the president face criminal investigations and threats from government officials.
Coyotes Are Now Smuggling Migrants Back Home After They've Given Up on America
Travel restrictions around COVID-19 across Latin America mean some of those who want to get back home have to do it illegally.
Mexico’s Government Can't Find 70,000 Missing People
President AMLO promised to prioritize the search for Mexico's 'disappeared', but his efforts have merely frustrated families looking for their loved ones.