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The Latest Breaking News from Sinaloa

'La Alemana,' Regional Leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Is Captured In Mexico

Authorities said "La Alemana" had an active arrest warrant since 2021. She stands accused of unlawful possession of firearms and crimes against public health

Latin Times

Top Member of Sinaloa Cartel Faction 'El Güero Chompas' Captured After Clash With Mexican Troops

"El Güero Chompas" is linked to the October 2023 homicide of Mario Martínez Martínez, director of public security in San Quintín, Tijuana

Latin Times

Former Top Police Officer Suspected of Having Links to Sinaloa Cartel Found Dead in Culiacán

Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, Sinaloa's secretary of public security, said authorities will open an investigation due to the high profile of the victim

Latin Times

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Mexican Drug Cartels Are Using Social Media to Distribute Drugs, Collect Payments and to Recruit New Members

According to the 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment, Mexican drug cartels have extended its reach into nearly 50 countries worldwide

Latin Times

Mexico's Defense Minister Says Sinaloa Cartel Got More Violent Since Arrests of "Los Chapitos" and "El Mayo"

Ricardo Trevilla Trejo also added that a similar thing happened last year, when Ovidio Guzmán López was arrested by Mexican and American forces in Culiacán.

Latin Times

Elected Officials in Sinaloa Are Being Chased Down Due to Ties With Captured Drug Lord 'El Mayo' Zambada

A Sinaloa politician was reportedly sent a message that read "tell everyone that, whoever is not with us, is going to be killed"

Latin Times

'The Ghost,' Head of Security and Right-Hand Man of 'El Chapo' Guzmán, Recaptured in Culiacán

"The Ghost" was charge of organizing the logistics every time "El Chapo" was on the move, as well as implementing strategies to avoid his capture.

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Mexican President Denies Knowledge of Potential Plea Deal Between 'Los Chapitos' Drug Lords and U.S. Officials

Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico's Foreign Secretary remains in close contact with the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico in relation to the case

Latin Times

Inside 'Arkham Asylum' Brooklyn MDC, The Controversial Prison That Holds Diddy, 6ix9ine, and Members of the Sinaloa Cartel

Social media users have started equating the mental institution to the superhero Batman puts his villains in.

Latin Times

Mexican Authorities Rescue Teen Who Was Recruited by the Sinaloa Cartel Through a Videogame

Oaxacan Attorney General said that, apart from the game Free Fire, cartels try to recruit teenagers through Roblox and Grand Theft Auto

Latin Times

Mexican Army Arrests Top Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'El Max' in Operation That Also Kills 19 Members of 'El Mayo's Faction

Mexican authorities had identified "El Max" as one of the greatest "generators of violence" in the country's ongoing turf wars in recent weeks

Latin Times

Top Sinaloa Cartel Leader To Be Released From Prison 15 Years After Being Captured

"El Flaco" is one of four brothers in charge of leading Gente Nueva, focusing on opium poppy and marijuana production in the southern part of Chihuahua

Latin Times

Turf War Between Sinaloa Cartel Spinoffs Continues to Escalate With 34 Murders in Three Days

Thousands of soldiers have been sent to Sinaloa in response to the deadly criminal dispute.

Latin Times

Mexican Army Kills 19 Suspected Drug Cartel Gunmen In Sinaloa

Mexican army neutralizes 19 cartel gunmen in Sinaloa shootout; no soldier casualties reported. Recent escalation of violence in Sinaloa due to cartel clashes.

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Mexican Troops Kill 19 Suspected Members of the Sinaloa Cartel in Shootout in Culiacan

Hundreds of people have died since the cartel's clashing factions formally began their war in Early September

Latin Times

New Evidence Surfaces About The Capture of Sinaloa Cartel Co-Founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada

Sinaloa's Attorney General's Office detailed a series of events that dispute the account of Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya

Latin Times

Mexican Authorities Arrest of 'El Cañas,' a Top Official in Los Chapitos' Cartel

The group known as "Los Ninis" are the main armed wing of "Los Chapitos"

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Famous Tiktoker 'El Chilango' Killed By Armed Men in Culiacán As Cartel Turf Wars Continue in Sinaloa

The men opened fire from a motorcycle, killing López and fleeing the scene

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Sinaloa Police and Prosecutors Conspired to Cover Up Killing of the Governor's Opponent, Federal Authorities Say

Héctor Cuén was murdered on July 25, the same day when Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was taken to the U.S. and subsequently captured

The Independent UK

In Mexico's bloodied Sinaloa state, police and prosecutors conspired to cover up opponent's killing

Police, prosecutors and forensic examiners in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa all conspired to cover up the killing of an opponent of the ruling-party state governor, using a blood-stained truck found at the crime scene

The Independent UK

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes court appearance in his US drug trafficking case

A longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time before the judge presiding over the case

The Independent UK

Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state's capital

Assailants have fired a dozen gunshots at a building housing the newspaper El Debate in the embattled northern state of Sinaloa

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Gunshots Fired At Newspaper Office In Sinaloa Cartel Turf

Gunmen attack El Debate newspaper in Sinaloa, Mexico, amid cartel violence, raising concerns for press freedom and safety in the region.

Latin Times

Former Mexican Top Security Official Sentenced to More Than 38 Years in Prison For Cartel Bribes

Prosecutors say that García Luna provided intelligence about investigations against the cartel, information about rivals and the safe passage of drug shipments

Latin Times

Sinaloa Cartel Members Are Now Scanning People's Phones to Check if They Engaged With Rival Factions

A Sinaloa civic group estimates that an average of six killings and seven kidnappings have taken place in Culiacán every day over the past month

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