EL KOMANDER MADE A FORTUNE OFF MEXICAN DRUG BALLADS. NOW HE'S SELLING LOVE SONGS

He wrote a song named I Quit, Adolfo says, chuckling at the memory... READ MORE›

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›

MEXICO DRUG WAR FAST FACTS

Nicknamed El Kilo, a presumed leader of the Los Zetas drug cartel... READ MORE›

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›

MEXICAN DRUG KINGPIN 'EL CHAPO' ESCAPES FROM PRISON (AGAIN)

Guzman wielded so much power as head of the Sinaloa drug cartel that the Chicago Crime Commission called him Public Enemy No... READ MORE›

FUGITIVE MEXICAN DRUG KINGPIN 'EL CHAPO' CAPTURED

Guzman escaped that time with the help of prison guards, who possibly hid him in a laundry cart... READ MORE›

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

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

MEXICO'S NUMBER ONE DRUG LORD ESCAPES HIGH SECURITY PRISON

Guzman was caught by authorities for the first time in Guatemala in 1993, extradited and sentenced to 20 years in prison in Mexico for murder and drug trafficking... READ MORE›

MANHUNT FOR 'EL CHAPO' RACES CLOCK

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

THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS DRUG LORD HAS BECOME MEXICO'S HIT HALLOWEEN COSTUME

If the El Chapo costume doesn't continue to sell, the company thinks it still has a silver bullet A mask that pokes fun at Donald Trump... READ MORE›

MEXICAN DRUG LORD'S DREAMS OF BIOPIC AIDED IN HIS CAPTURE

After two prison escapes, many expect the Mexican government to extradite Guzman to the United States... READ MORE›

MEXICOS WAR ON DRUGS: THE HIDDEN STORY

When, in September 2008, about 175 operatives for the Gulf cartel were arrested by US authorities, 10 were in Calabria... 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›

ACTOR SEAN PENN SECRETLY INTERVIEWED MEXICO'S 'EL CHAPO' IN HIDEOUT

Guzman was later flown to Mexico City and returned to Altiplano prison, the facility he escaped from in July... READ MORE›

MEXICO: SEAN PENN INTERVIEW HELPED NAB 'EL CHAPO'

Associated Press writer Christopher Sherman in Los Mochis, Maria Verza in Mexico City and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report... 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›

'EL CHAPO': SEAN PENN INTERVIEWED GUZMAN BEFORE RECAPTURE

Hollywood actor Sean Penn interviewed Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman when he was on the run, it is revealed after his recapture... READ MORE›

BLOOD, MUD AND LUBE: HOW EL CHAPO'S LUCK CAME UP SHORT IN SMALL TOWN SEX MOTEL

Chase for Mexico's most wanted criminal in Los Mochis is stuff of Hollywood helicopters, shootouts, sewers, carjacking, handcuffs and satin sheets... 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›

HOW MEXICO SECRETLY LAUNCHED A CRACKDOWN AFTER PENN MET 'EL CHAPO'

After the shooting, marines bivouacked at the one-room high school and began interrogating residents, they said... READ MORE›

JUDGE WHOSE COURT HANDLED CARTEL CASES KILLED

A federal judge whose court handled some cases related to drug cartels has been killed near Mexico City... READ MORE›

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

MEXICO APPROVES EXTRADITION OF JOAQUIN 'EL CHAPO' GUZMAN TO U.S.

But the Altiplano federal prison, about 50 miles west of Mexico City, proved unable to hold him... 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›

'EL CHAPO' ESCAPE: MEXICO OFFERS 60M PESO REWARD FOR CARTEL LEADER

Mexican government reveals new details of drug lords tunnel getaway from prison as interior minister insists everybody involved in this escape will fall... READ MORE›