Rappler's latest stories on Sinaloa
Mexican town turned to war zone fears new era of narco violence
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government deploys 400 reinforcement troops to the streets of Culiacan. Not everyone is happy with the tactic.
Mexico admits freeing Chapo's son after 'badly planned' operation
(UPDATED) Defense Minister Luis Sandoval says soldiers briefly arrested Ovidio Guzman but released him after being overpowered by cartel gunmen
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in U.S. prison
(UPDATED) A US court sentences Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to life in prison plus a symbolic 30 years, as well as ordering the former mob boss to pay back $12.6 billion of the proceeds of his crimes
PH court convicts Mexican suspected to be member of Sinaloa drug cartel
Horacio Herrera is sentenced to life imprisonment
Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' convicted by New York jury
Joaquin Guzman, former boss of the Sinaloa cartel – famed for his brazen escapes from Mexican prisons – faces life in prison for smuggling tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the US
U.S. prosecutors to El Chapo jury: 'Do not let him escape'
'We've presented an avalanche of evidence,' said US federal prosecutors to the jury in the trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. 'Do not let him escape responsibility. Hold him accountable for his crimes. Find him guilty on all counts.'
'El Chapo' trial: A 3-month plunge into the bloody ways of the drug trade
The trial has drawn a blood-soaked picture of the Sinaloa cartel, once led by Mexican drug boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
Colombian confesses to over 150 murders at El Chapo trial
US government turncoat, Juan Carlos 'Chupeta' Ramirez, is allegedly one of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's two main Colombian suppliers
Mexican presidents accused as defense opens El Chapo trial
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, is on trial in New York after twice escaping from prison in Mexico
Hurricane Willa slams Mexico's Pacific coast
Forecasters warn that even at Category 3, the major storm still has the potential to unleash deadly flooding and landslides
Mexico braces for 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Willa
Willa now has maximum sustained winds of 250 kilometers per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center
The week in photos: April 28-May 4, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
New York judge delays 'El Chapo' hearing
The 60-year-old Mexican drug kingpin, accused of running one of the world's biggest drug empires, has been held in solitary confinement since being extradited on January 19, 2017
Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty in U.S.
US prosecutors say Joaquin El Chapo Guzman s Sinaloa cartel is responsible for distributing hundreds of thousands of kilos of heroin cocaine methamphetamine and marijuana throughout the United States
Extradited Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrives in U.S.
3rd UPDATE His extradition caps a Hollywood worthy cat and mouse game between Mexican authorities and the slippery drug lord who escaped twice from prison
Part 2: The Philippines as target market for illicit drugs
A public health approach rather than a law enforcement one should form the basis for a response to drug use and dependence
Mexico fears new cartel war after 'El Chapo' son abducted
Police confirm that Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar – one of Guzman s sons from his first marriage – was abducted from an upscale bar in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta on August 15 along with 5 other men
'El Chapo' appeals extradition to US
The appeal comes a week after the foreign ministry announced it had agreed to extradite Guzman who escaped from a maximum security prison in July 2015 and was recaptured in January
Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' undergoes jail transfer – official
The authorities say they are moving Guzman to prevent any escape attempt during construction to strengthen his maximum security prison in Altiplano
Captured Mexico kingpin: 'The Lord of Tunnels'
UPDATED The man whose old nickname means Shorty uses the money from a drug empire whose tentacles reach Europe and Asia to dig himself out of trouble again and again
Sinaloa drug cartel suspect files motion for bail
Mexican national Horacio Hernandez Herrera is allegedly the number 3 or 4 man in the drug cartel that operates in the US Australia Europe West Africa the Philippines and other Asian countries
Cops from US to Australia in hunt for Mexican drug lord – DEA
Police from around the world are on the case of Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman relying on human intelligence and electronic surveillance to track him down
Sinaloa drug cartel suspect indicted in PH
The case of Mexican Horacio Herrera – involving the sale of P12M worth of cocaine – has all the elements of prohibited acts under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act
Sinaloa drug cartel suspect accuses cops of extortion
Mexican Horacio Herera says cops arrested him after he refused to pay P7 million The justice department has asked anti narcotics agents to explain
Immigration on alert for assassins sent by drug cartel
Canadian authorities opted out of extradition so the Philippines can pursue its charges against the alleged drug ring members arrested in Taguig
NBI nabs alleged drug syndicate members in BGC
Intelligence reports from the bureau say a big time syndicate with ties to a Mexican drug cartel has been operating the drug facility for 7 months now
Levistes deny links to illegal drug ops in family ranch
The Levistes tell NBI that their family ranch in Lipa City has been leased to a certain Jorge Torres
Leviste denies involvement in illegal drug activity
Ex Batangas Gov and ex convict Antonio Leviste presents evidence before the DOJ denying involvement in the illegal drugs trade
PH boosts efforts to probe Mexican drug cartel
The cartel s leader is the most powerful criminal on the planet Forbes says
PH arrests 3 linked to Mexico drug cartel
Two Filipinos and one Filipino Chinese were arrested in a raid on Wednesday in Lipa City after weeks of intelligence operations by local and US anti narcotics personnel
US finds new drug 'supertunnel' under Mexican border
The supertunnel zigzags beneath the border between San Diego and Tijuana
More than 100 killed in Mexico landslides, flooding – official
UPDATED The good news for increasingly angry beachgoers contrasts with the grim search for scores of people missing in nearby mountains
Rescuers pull bodies from Mexico mudslide
Rescuers pulled two bodies Thursday from a mudslide that buried a Mexican village as storms lashed the country killing almost 100 nationwide
At least 26 dead in Mexico drug gang violence
At least 70 000 people have died in drug related violence in Mexico since 2006 when troops were deployed to battle drug cartels
23 killed in day of horror for Mexico border city
Gang violence leaves 14 headless bodies stuffed in a vehicle and 9 bodies hanging from a bridge
