Sinaloa Cartel
Sinaloa Cartel Leader El Mayos ‘Gordo’ Son Got Off Light in a US Court. Why?
Ismael Zambada-Imperial, known for his lavish lifestyle, is the latest member of the world's most prolific drug cartel to strike a deal with the U.S.
4 People Were Murdered in a Gangland Hit at a Denny’s in Mexico
The hit, which took place in broad daylight, is a grim echo of Ciudad Juarez's worst days of gangland violence.
Game Over: El Chapo’s Final Escape Plan Just Failed
The former drug kingpin tried to use VICE News reporting to appeal his life sentence. Here's how that went.
El Chapo’s Wife Emma Coronel Was Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
Emma Coronel Aispuro, El Chapo’s current wife, was just sentenced to three years in a U.S. prison—more than a decade less than she could have received.
The US Just Put a $5 Million Bounty on El Chapo’s Brother
The move to go after Aureliano Guzmán Loera, known as El Guano, comes following the “largest fentanyl seizure in history” in Sinaloa. Mexico's criminal organizations are major producers of illicit versions of the killer opioid.
El Chapo’s Appeal Hinges on a Story by VICE News
A lawyer for the imprisoned kingpin cited our interview with an anonymous juror while arguing to have his conviction overturned.
US Triples Bounty to $15M for Elusive Sinaloa Cartel Boss ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
US authorities also named 8 members of an alleged fentanyl smuggling network working for El Mayo on the border.
Watch El Chapo Get His Butt Checked for Contraband in a Mexican Prison
A new video shows the world's most famous drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán dropping his pants after he was arrested in 2016.
Mexican Drug Cartels Have Turned Once-Thriving Guadalajara Into a War Zone
The discovery of dozens of grisly “extermination houses” and mass graves has set the city on edge.
El Chapo’s Wife Emma Coronel Was Just Arrested on International Drug Charges
Coronel is also accused of helping coordinate El Chapo’s infamous 2015 escape from Mexico’s maximum-security Altiplano prison.
How an Underground Tech CEO Escaped the FBI
In this week's episode of CYBER, Joseph Cox tells the narrative story of encrypted phone company Phantom Secure.
Mexico Just Arrested a Cartel Boss Known as 'The Sledgehammer'
The move is an attempt by AMLO's government to claw back a semblance of control in the violence-plagued state, but it gives an opening to a rival cartel.