Mexico probing possible U.S. violation in drug lord capture: "Someone lied"
Mexico said it is investigating whether its sovereignty was violated by the United States in the 2024 capture of drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
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Mexico said it is investigating whether its sovereignty was violated by the United States in the 2024 capture of drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
Audias Flores Silva, also known as "El Jardinero," or The Gardener, was seen as a possible successor to "El Mencho," who was killed in February.
Some flights between western Mexico and Chicago have begun operating again, with the first travelers arriving Monday night.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — known as "El Mencho" — was the boss of one of the fastest-growing criminal networks in Mexico.
Mexico's Ministry of Defense security forces killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," in a military operation.
Some Americans are now stuck in Puerto Vallarta amid the violence and are trying to return home. Wendy Gillette reports.
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.
U.S. prosecutors shared what had been one of the central questions after Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada fell into U.S. hands in July 2024.
As part of the plea deal, Joaquin Guzman Lopez admitted to helping oversee the production and smuggling of large quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and fentanyl into the U.S.
The United Nations human rights chief says the Trump administration "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing."
Zhi Dong Zhang, known as "Brother Wang," escaped house arrest in Mexico in July and has now been transferred into U.S. custody, officials said.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is accused of ordering torture, plotting murders and flooding the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs.
A son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pled guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case at a hearing in Chicago Friday.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo," intends to plead guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed that President Trump made the offer during some of the calls the two shared since January. She says while the two nations will work together, she will not accept having the U.S. Army in Mexico.
Ovidio Guzmán López and Joaquin Guzmán López didn't appear at the hearing in Chicago on Tuesday where prosecutors said they needed more time.
Both Joaquin Guzman Lopez and his father's old business partner, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, were arrested after exiting a plane in El Paso, Texas last Thursday.
The son of infamous Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was in federal court in Chicago where he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges on Tuesday.
One of the first cases to expose the pipeline of guns from the United States to Mexican cartels involved an Oklahoma man smuggling ghost gun parts across the border through Laredo, Texas.
"We have allowed the cartels to amass an army," a former ATF senior special agent told CBS News.
It comes just two days after the wife of "El Chapo" was released from a federal prison in Texas after serving a three-year sentence for helping to run her husband's drug operation.
Monica De Leon Barba was kidnapped last November while walking her dog in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
Officials in the Cortazar municipality in Guanajuato state said that gunmen invaded the resort and opened fire.
