LATEST MEXICO REPORTER MURDER HIGHLIGHTS BLURRED LINES IN JOURNALISM, SHADY SIDE JOBS

Early investigations have turned up no evidence that Perez was killed due to his journalistic work... READ MORE›

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PAST COVERAGE DRUG LORD CAPTURED AGAIN FEB 22 2014

Eduardo Medina Mora, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, said that the two governments had been working together on the case for months... READ MORE›

U.S. SANCTIONS VENEZUELAN VICE PRESIDENT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING

The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday against Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami... READ MORE›

'EL CHAPO' ARREST SPARKS HOMICIDE SURGE AS FACTIONS FIGHT TO FILL VACUUM

Mexico had just started emerging from its bloody battle with drug cartels, with murder rates dropping for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014... READ MORE›

DRUG LORD JOAQUIN GUZMAN EXTRADITED FROM MEXICO TO US

Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman has been extradited to the US, the Mexican government announced on Thursday... READ MORE›

FUGITIVES IN THE FAMILY: SON OF ACCUSED CANADIAN MENNONITE POT SMUGGLER WANTED ON U.S. DRUG CHARGES

Cortez said arresting Enrique Harms would give him closure on the death of Abraham Wiebe... READ MORE›

MEXICAN DRUG LORD SAID TO ESCAPE PRISON AGAIN

But even with his 2014 capture, Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel empire still stretched throughout North America and reaches as far away as Europe and Australia... READ MORE›

EL CHAPO GUZMAN 'VOWS TO MAKE DONALD TRUMP SWALLOW HIS WORDS'

Associates who had betrayed Guzman were also targeted... READ MORE›

RAPPER WIZ KHALIFA SPARKS OUTRAGE FOR VISIT TO PABLO ESCOBAR'S GRAVE

Medellin's mayor, Federico Gutierrez, called the rapper's Pablo Escobar-themed photo tour of Medellin disrespectful... READ MORE›

NARCOS SEASON THREE AND THE LIES WE TELL ABOUT THE DRUGS WAR

But unlike Escobar, the Cali cartel didn't wage war on the system - they became part of it... READ MORE›

'EL CHAPO' RECAPTURED AFTER JAIL BREAK

Mexico's authorities have recaptured drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, six months after he escaped from a maximum-security jail... READ MORE›

MANHUNT FOR 'EL CHAPO' RACES CLOCK

Mugshot of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka el Chapo Guzman... READ MORE›

FINLAND UNNERVED BY TRIAL OF POLICE DETECTIVE ON DRUG CHARGES

Finland Unnerved by Trial of Police Detective on Drug Charges... READ MORE›

DRUG LORD 'EL CHAPO' COULD BE 'HERO'

Del Castillo has remained silent so far on the Rolling Stone article, Guzman's arrest and her role in brokering the secret meeting in Mexico... READ MORE›

MEXICO FOOTBALL STAR MARQUEZ SANCTIONED FOR DRUG TIES

Federal drug trafficking indictments against Flores Hernandez were returned in March in Washington and the southern district of California... READ MORE›

MEXICAN DRUG KINGPIN 'EL CHAPO' TO RETURN TO PRISON HE ESCAPED FROM

Guzman escaped in July from the maximum security prison through an elaborate tunnel... READ MORE›

TARECK EL AISSAMI CALLS US SANCTIONS A 'VILE' ATTACK

Their letter referred to El Aissami, noting that his recent appointment as executive vice president put him in line to become Venezuela's next leader... READ MORE›

Sent two undercover agents to meet him in Thailand, posing as members of a Colombian drug cartel... READ MORE›

SEARCH OF DRUG BARON PABLO ESCOBAR'S MANSION YIELDS SAFE

Workers tearing down a Florida mansion which was once owned by the late Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar have found a hidden safe... READ MORE›

MEXICAN DRUG LORD ESCAPES FROM PRISON THROUGH 1.5KM TUNNEL FROM HIS SHOWER

The Sinaloa Cartel empire stretches throughout North America and reaches as far away as Europe and Australia... READ MORE›

MEXICAN JOURNALIST JAVIER VALDEZ KILLED IN SINALOA

Valdez was a well-respected journalist in Sinaloa and published several books on drug trafficking, crime, and its effects on communities... READ MORE›

'EL CHAPO' ASSOCIATE KATE DEL CASTILLO INVESTIGATED, MEXICAN OFFICIAL SAYS

There are indications that El Chapo provided illicit funds for del Castillo's tequila business, Gomez told the newspaper, but the links have not been proved... READ MORE›

'EL CHAPO OWNED THE PRISON'

'El Chapo owned the prison' But first, Ortega wanted to know why the hearing was delayed more than 12 hours... READ MORE›

CHILD PORTRAITS RECALL A MORE INNOCENT ERA

Joaquin Trujillo fondly remembers the family portraits from his youth, when everyone would dress up for the occasion and take great pride in looking their best... READ MORE›

EL CHAPO 'ESCAPES FROM A MEXICO HOSPITAL AFTER CAR CRASH'

Is el chapo back in mexico? world's most-wanted drug lord seen escaping from a hospital after car crash ... just days after costa rica picture emerged... READ MORE›

MEXICO'S CHALLENGE: STOP ANOTHER 'EL CHAPO' ESCAPE

Mexican marines recaptured fugitive El Chapo Guzman on January 8 in the northwest of the country, six months after his spectacular prison break embarrassed authorities... READ MORE›

SKY NEWS INVESTIGATES MEXICAN HITMEN HELD IN ILLEGAL JAILS

2 COMMENTEMAILMORE British news group Sky News has conducted an investigation into what it says is an unofficial, illegal jail run by vigilantes fighting Mexico's drug cartels... READ MORE›

HOW EL CHAPO MET UP WITH SEAN PENN, KATE DEL CASTILLO BEFORE HIS CAPTURE

I know one day I will die, Guzman said... READ MORE›

POLICE SMASH HUGE HIZBOLLAH COCAINE RING 'RAISING FUNDS FOR WAR IN SYRIA'

The DEA, which has classified him as a specially-designated global terrorist, accuses him of being a Lebanese money launderer for Hizbollah's financial arm... READ MORE›

MEXICO'S EL CHAPO TO CHALLENGE US EXTRADITION IN COURT

The announcement came on Friday just hours after Mexico's foreign ministry approved Guzman's extradition... READ MORE›

BRITON KRISHNA MAHARAJ JAILED FOR 28 YEARS 'FRAMED' FOR DOUBLE MURDER 'ORDERED BY DRUG LORD PABLO ESCOBAR'

Briton krishna maharaj jailed for 28 years framed for double murder ordered by drug lord pablo escobar... READ MORE›