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A top government target whose currency was violence, César Sepúlveda had become a key supplier and intermediary for much of the productive activity in Tierra Caliente

The transfer to the US of 37 prisoners, including leaders of the Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation and Northeast cartels, is a response to threats made by the Republican in recent weeks regarding operations south of the Rio Grande

In his new book, the academic explores the recent history of weapons production in the country and the trafficking of guns to Mexico

Mexican authorities point to the growing influence of Fausto Isidro, once a mid-level regional crime boss, in drug trafficking to the United States

The arrest of Maduro for alleged drug trafficking contrasts with the pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of the same crime

The Treasury Department notes that the boss of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel manages the group’s operations from prison and even forged an alliance with the Gulf Cartel while behind bars

The arrest of an operative of the powerful CATEM labor union with links to the Sinaloa Cartel increases the pressure on the government in its challenge to curb the cartels

The confrontation between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and self-defense groups for control of the territory has intensified and shows the difficulties in rebuilding the social fabric in Michoacán

As drug production and trafficking increase across the continent, criminal groups of all sizes are diversifying their operations and increasing their firepower. Governments, meanwhile, stumble between hard-line policies and paralysis

Conversations between the leaders of the criminal network, accused of arms trafficking, fuel theft, and other crimes, reveal chains of corruption used to obtain weapons and permits, which their companies then rented or sold

EL PAÍS has obtained details of the investigation into an apparent mix-up by uniformed officers, an investigation that is progressing through the courts beset by numerous contradictions

A hitman linked to the CJNG shot dead the mayor of Uruapan, who had arrested the group’s leader in August

The murders of the Uruapan mayor and the leader of the lemon growers’ guild in Michoacán reveal a paradigm shift in organized crime, where complex extortion schemes have taken over entire regions

Nearly 50 murders have been recorded in Sinaloa in the last week, mainly in the capital, the main front of a war between cartel factions that has lasted more than a year

Complaints from family members and documents in possession of EL PAÍS confirm that officers from the State of Mexico Attorney General’s Office arrested and beat the men on several occasions. They remain in prison for an alleged crime unrelated to the musicians’ death

García Harfuch relies on leaders trained and seasoned in the now-defunct force to shape part of the president’s shift, sidelining the Armed Forces with seemingly good results

The testimonies of 38 people forcibly recruited in January by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel depict the deceptions and threats employed by the criminal organization

EL PAÍS reports from the northwest region of Mexico, documenting a bloody cartel conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and shaken the community

‘El Mayo’ Zambada, ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, and Caro Quintero — the three kings of Mexico’s drug empire — will spend their final days in the prisons in the United States

Omar Reyes’ posting to the Financial Intelligence Unit strengthens the arsenal of tools available to Claudia Sheinbaum’s security czar

The accused drug trafficker, arrested under unusual circumstances in July 2024, is taking the same path as Ovidio Guzmán

The arrest of the drug lord marks its first anniversary, while the Mexican State bleeds due to the fight initiated by his henchmen against the sons of his former partner, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán

The drug lord, detained in a US prison since February on charges of killing a DEA agent, is waiting to find out whether he will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment

The arrest of nine former military personnel in Michoacán sheds light on a growing phenomenon in the region, which is experiencing high rates of violence

The English author’s book ‘Blood Gun Money’ is a call for ‘common sense’ and a denunciation of the U.S. paradox that sees a migrant as being more dangerous than a machine gun

EL PAÍS takes a look at this crime, one of the most common in the country and one that gets rarely reported