Drug Trafficking
Mario Núñez Meza, alleged leader of a Sinaloa cartel cell working for Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, was detained on Wednesday, August 28 by Mexican authorities in Ciudad Juárez, the governor of Chihuahua, César Duarte, told the media.
The methodology used by the United States government to locate the presence of Mexican drug cartels in over a thousand American cities presented its results and conclusions based on a questionable methodology, The Washington Post claims.
The United States Government formally asked Mexican authorities to re-arrest Rafael Caro Quintero on Wednesday, the Mexican drug kingpin who was unexpectedly freed from prison in the state of Jalisco on a technicality at 2.AM. last Friday.
Two nationwide street gangs in Honduras - Calle 18 and Mara Salvatrucha - called for a peace and immediate end to violence in the streets of the Central American country. The deal, which was ushered in by a local bishop, was first announced by a member of Mara Salvatrucha, from a prison in San Pedro Sula, a city in the north of the country. Calle 18's announcement came moments later.
A man was charged with drug trafficking after police discovered $10,000 worth of crystal meth hidden inside a Valentine's Day teddy bear sent to his home.
A court in Indonesia has sentenced to death a 56-year-old British grandmother who was caught smuggling $2.6 million worth of cocaine.
On Friday, U.S. and Mexican authorities announced that a intricate smuggling tunnel had been discovered by the Mexican army.
The daughter of notorious Sinaloa cartel leader El Chapo
The police track El Chili's position and find him thanks to his sister's phone call. The police raid his house and a shoot out starts to occur. When he tries to escape El Chili gets shot by the police and dies.
Officials Hope Move Will Weaken Syndicate's Power
The bodies of nine men who had been tortured and executed by an unspecified Mexican drug cartel were found on Friday morning hanging from a bridge in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The youngest victim of the massacre was estimated to be 16 years old.
The Escobars continue to evacuate the house as the police chase after the family.
Ernest Chacon is released from the hospital with paparazzi's waiting outside for him.
Pablo's hitmen continue to plan the death of Herber. However Pablo calls them and tells them to cut off the operation.
Minister Ernesto Chacon survives the assassination attempts.
The 69-year-old drug trafficker was the first to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 1970s.