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The son of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is set to plead guilty in U.S. federal court in a stunning turn that could shatter cartel alliances and expose ties to Mexico’s political elite. Joaquín “El Moreno” Guzmán López, arrested in 2024 during a betrayal operation against Sinaloa kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, is expected to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement — a move that threatens to unleash cartel secrets at the highest levels of power.

The escalating turf war between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel led to the deaths of dozens of gunmen and innocent bystanders. The turf war also led to dozens of abductions, spreading terror among locals.

The weekend kidnapping, torture, and murder of a top Sinaloa Cartel lieutenant put the public on edge as the killing could signal the start of a new turf war following the recent shakeup of the criminal organization.

The allure of a fast-paced life filled with danger and luxury attracted several women to the arms of drug traffickers and a life of crime after joining their lover’s criminal organization. While these cartels operate in Mexico, U.S. citizens have also fallen in love with Mexican drug lords and have faced dire consequences afterward.

Federal authorities are expected to release Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, from prison on Wednesday. The jailed narco-queen had been staying at a halfway house in California as she served the last part of a three-year prison sentence for money laundering and drug trafficking conspiracy in connection with her husband’s criminal empire.

Disgraced FTX founder and Democrat super donor Sam Bankman-Fried is reportedly being represented by lawyers who have previously defended Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and infamous drug lord “El Chapo.”

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) attacked President Joe Biden for placing Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of the southern border migrant crisis.

The Associated Press Style Guide, considered by many in journalism as the standard for style guidance, recently announced the proper language to refer to a “woman in a long-term sexual relationship with, and financially supported by a man who is married to someone else” is not “mistress.”

Mexico’s President briefly met with the mother of infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman during his work visit in the coastal state of Sinaloa.

The government of Mexico deployed 230 Mexican Army Special Forces personnel who arrived in Culiacán, Sinaloa, on Friday night in response to cartel violence that broke out throughout the city on Thursday afternoon. The deployment of additional security elements resulted from a cartel rampage that exploded in Culiacán after the capture of the son of the notorious and imprisoned drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The Mexican government released the drug lord’s son after security forces became overwhelmed by the cartel response.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is once again proposing Mexican drug lords be forced to pay for President Trump’s border wall.  

NEW YORK (AP) — The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out of trouble.

The mother of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded with Trump for a “Christian and humanitarian act” ahead of his sentencing.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that he would back President Donald Trump’s potential designation of the Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and that seizing cartel leader El Chapo’s assets would build the wall and make the cartels pay for it.

The attorney for convicted drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman shot back at Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) idea to make his client pay for the wall along the U.S. southern border with Mexico, calling it “ludicrous.”

Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) discussed on “Fox News Channel” the legislation he reintroduced to fund the border wall and help secure the southern border, the EL CHAPO Act. Cruz argued it is “only right” that drug lord El Chapo’s

Left-wing actor Sean Penn has started production and filming a documentary about the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish state media reported on Wednesday.

Actress Salma Hayek believes the question of who is going to pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is beside the point — because, she says, the wall itself is a “dumb” idea.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill calling for the use of $14 billion seized from cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be used to pay for the President’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

An old method of execution commonly used by the Sinaloa Cartel appears to be making a comeback after three men were thrown off an airplane.

One of the top lieutenants of the Sinaloa Cartel and four other key bosses chose to escape from a Mexican prison rather than face the U.S. justice system. Sinaloa Cartel members previously warned their key leader would not set foot in the United States.

A recent series of gun battles in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, which have killed at least 12 and one bystander appear to be linked to a recent split within the Sinaloa Cartel. The split appears to be a power grab by one faction that tried to kill off famed leader El Mayo and the sons El Chapo.

Since the announcement of infamous cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera’s extradition to the United States, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly is heralding the move as a first step in the right direction.

Court documents filed in the ongoing case against Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman revealed that the cornerstone of the drug lord’s success was corruption within the government of Mexico. El Chapo was able to have Mexican law enforcement escort his drug shipments throughout Mexico.

Mexico has announced the extradition of Mexican Drug Lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera.

Mexican authorities have arrested a top Mexican drug lord believed to have been the mastermind behind the kidnapping of top Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s sons as well as the ransacking of the home where his mother lived.

The city once known as the “murder capital of the world” appears unable to shake its reputation as a place of extreme cartel violence. In October, Ciudad Juarez had 90 murders with 10 of them taking place over Halloween weekend. The violence appears to be tied to the ongoing struggles overwhelming the Sinaloa Cartel.

A Mexican judge expected to hand down rulings for cases on some top drug lords died at the hands of a professional assassin. The murder has sparked outrage among public officials in the country who have demanded an investigation.

Gunmen with the Sinaloa cartel carried out a brazen rescue operation where they ambushed a Mexican military convoy killing five soldiers and injuring 10 others.

Speaking at the second Conference of States Parties of the Arms Trade Treaty in Geneva, Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu blamed Mexico’s rampant gun crime on the U.S. laws and, in particular, cited the absence of a ban on “assault weapons.”

A newly leaked security video shows the moments when cartel gunmen stormed an upscale restaurant in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta to kidnap the son of famed drug lord, El Chapo.

Mexican authorities have revealed that the son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo” Guzman may be among the group of men kidnapped from an upscale restaurant in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta.

Contrabandistas del Cártel de Sinaloa de México fracasaron en sus esfuerzos para trasladar un gran cargamento de cocaína desde Ecuador a México. El cargamento estaba oculto en 217 tambos que se suponía debían estar llenos del popular condimento conocido como salsa.

Mexican Sinaloa Cartel smugglers failed in their efforts to move a large shipment of cocaine from Ecuador into Mexico. The shipment was hidden in 217 drums that were supposed to have been filed with the popular condiment known as Salsa.

A Mexican drug cartel appears to be ready to go to war once more with the fearsome Sinaloa Cartel. The hostilities began in the most offensive way, the Beltran Leyva Cartel ransacked the home of Consuelo Loera Perez, the mother of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera.

Under heavy guard, U.S. federal agents escorted a former top lieutenant within the Sinaloa Cartel out of the U.S. The man is now set to face trial for two murders in Mexico City.