El Chapo

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Unfolding like a high-stakes thriller, Operation Black Swan epitomized meticulous strategy and international collaboration, capturing the world’s most elusive drug lord, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and sending shockwaves through the intricate web of narcotics, thereby showcasing the relentless pursuit of justice against seemingly invincible adversaries.

The Fuerzas Especiales (FES) is an elite Special Missions Unit of the Mexican Navy, renowned for its rigorous training and pivotal role in high-stakes operations, especially in Mexico’s fight against drug trafficking.

These are three criminals who did not let the most secure prisons stop them from attempting their most daring escapes.

Genaro García Luna, who previously served as Mexico’s security minister, has been arrested in the United States. He is accused of having accepted bribes from the Sinaloa drug cartel. According to prosecutors, García Luna gave drug traffickers both safe passage as well as information in exchange for millions of dollars. García Luna served as public […]

Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán was sentenced Wednesday in a New York court to life in prison plus 30 years. Guzmán oversaw the Sinaloa Cartel, a massive drug-running operation that distributed narcotics throughout the United States. He was also something of a folk hero to some people for his multiple prison escapes. The […]

The brewing conflict between aspirants to the Sinaloa cartel throne apparently reached a new stage earlier this month when gunmen aligned with one cartel leader attacked the sons and a longtime associate of the jailed kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. According to a letter purportedly handwritten by Jesús Alfredo and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, the attack […]

Tijuana, pressed up against the US border, shares with San Diego one of the most heavily trafficked land borders in the world. Tijuana’s location and infrastructure have made it coveted territory for Mexico cartels vying to feed the US’s voracious appetite for illegal narcotics. The Sinaloa cartel, guided to dominance by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, […]

With drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán locked up and facing U.S. extradition, his enemies are starting to pick apart his once-mighty empire. Mexican officials say Guzmán’s eldest son, Iván Guzmán, called “El Chapito” (Little Shorty), may have been among the half-dozen people kidnapped by gunmen early Monday from a swanky cafe in Puerto Vallarta. […]

Under the leadership of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the cartel revolutionized the various methods used to smuggle drugs and launder money.

And with such methods being considered as “regular” by members, a woman operative recently arrested in California referred to as ‘La Peque’ by Mexican tabloids confessed to having sexual intercourse with corpses while working for the Los Zetas cartel.