Cartel Chronicles
Las Patronas: The Secret History of Latin America’s Female Cartel Bosses
VICE World News presents the untold stories of the women narcos who became some of Latin America’s most feared—and respected—crime bosses.
Women Are Rising to Power in the Legendary Sinaloa Cartel
The drug trafficking empire founded by El Chapo is seeing more women bosses in its ranks.
Las Patronas: The Rise of Female Drug Bosses in Latin America
VICE World News brings you exclusive reporting from Latin America’s criminal underworld on the boss women you’ve never heard of.
How a Single Mom Became the Boss of Guatemala’s Drug Lords
Three women worked together to run cocaine from Colombia to the United States.
The Brutal Drug Trafficking Matriarch Who Brought Down Her Own Clan
Digna Valle was the first of her drug trafficking clan to be arrested, and she helped bring down her own organization.
The ‘El Chapo’ of Guatemala Is a Woman
Marixa and her sister Mayra turned local politics into a blood sport on the Guatemala–El Salvador border.
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.
Changes to a New Kind of Drug Smuggling Are Harming Mexico's Opioid Users
Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, tighter border controls have stopped the smuggling of life-saving medicine into Mexico.
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.
Why Mexican Cartels Are Shooting Up Drug Rehabs
Last week’s massacre at a drug rehab was the latest in a string of attacks on drug users in Mexico.
Mexican Farmers Are Growing Cartel-Free ‘Ethical’ Weed
We spoke to farmers in Sinaloa growing "blood-free" cannabis with no ties to the local drug cartels.