El Chapo

Mexican TV/Film Star Makes Special Request To Feared Drug Lord

Posted 01.11.2012

Kate del Castillo is one of Mexico's most popular actresses. She's been huge star in her home country for decades now, and began breaking through in t...

Group Files War-crimes Complaint Against Calderon

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican activists lodged a war-crimes complaint Friday against President Felipe Calderon at the International Criminal Court, claiming ...

Acapulco: Police Find Decapitated Head In Ice Chest

AP | ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Posted 12.25.2011

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The Mexican army have found an auto shop used to bulletproof vehicles for drug gangs. Ten people were arrested and soldiers con...

Young Wife Of Mexico's Most Wanted Druglord Gives Birth In LA

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

LOS ANGELES -- The young wife of Mexico's most wanted drug lord has given birth to twin girls at a hospital in northern Los Angeles County, according ...

Colombia Seizes $230 Million Of Mexican Kingpin's Assets

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian police have seized 301 properties, including houses, vehicles and estates, that belonged to alleged front men for J...

Meet El Chapo, The 'Most Powerful Drug Trafficker In The World'

AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON and MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — In the 10 years since he escaped from a high security federal prison in a laundry truck, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has transformed...

Sinaloa Takes Over Ciudad Juarez

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL and MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — After a two-year battle that has killed more than 5,000 people, Mexico's most powerful kingpin now controls the coveted ...

Forbes Most Powerful List: Drug Lord At 41, Ahead Of 3 Presidents

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to...

Top Mexican Drug Cartel Leaders Indicted By Chicago Feds, Department Of Justice

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced new indictments against 10 suspected Mexican drug cartel leaders accused of using everyth...

El Chapo: Sinaloa Cartel Chief Gives Green Light On Use Of Violence Within US

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Authorities say Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the reputed leader of the Mexican cartel, has given his associates the OK, if necessary, to open fire acros...

El Chapo, Mexican Drug Lord, Makes Forbes' Billionaire List

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — Who says crime doesn't pay? A suspected drug lord who is Mexico's most-wanted fugitive made the Forbes list of billionaires on Wed...