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NEWS ABOUT: Sinaloa drug cartel

Sinaloa drug cartel stories: 10 news summaries

Authorities Say Time's Nearly Up for Mexico's Drug King

Head of Sinaloa cartel uses wealth, ruthlessness to avoid capture

Jun 13, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joaquin Guzman grew up in grinding poverty in Mexico, but today he's on the Forbes billionaires list as a larger-than-life "narco folk hero," write David Luhnow and Jose de Cordoba in a profile of "El Chapo" for the Wall Street Journal. Guzman, kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel,... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • fugitive • Sinaloa drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

 Mexico Nabs Young Drug Lord 


Apr 2, 09 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico finally has some good news in its violent drug war. Police arrested the No. 2 leader of one of the nation's largest drug cartels, the Los Angeles Times reports. Vicente Carrillo Leyva, 32, had been one of Mexico's most wanted criminals. He's part of a new wave of youthful,... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • arrest • drug cartel • Ciudad Juarez • Sinaloa drug cartel • Vicente Carrillo Leyva • Amado Carrillo Fuentes • Ismael Zambada

 Mexico Busts Drug Lord's Son 

Military says arrest of Sinaloa kingpin's son deals a heavy blow to cartel

Mar 20, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Mexican military has arrested the son of one of the country's most powerful drug barons, reports the Los Angeles Times. Vicente Zambada, 33, whose father is deputy head of the Sinaloa cartel, had risen through the ranks to become one of the cartel's top leaders and had ordered the... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Sinaloa drug cartel • drug traffickers

Mexican Drug Lord Makes Forbes Billionaire List

Guzman controls 20% of all cocaine traffic in Mexico, Colombia

Mar 13, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of the world's richest people have lost their spots on Forbes' list of billionaires, but there's at least one head-turning new addition: the head of the Sinaloa cartel, currently embroiled in a Mexican drug war that's left 7,000 people dead. Joaquin Guzman, the 5-foot-tall drug trafficker known as... More »

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Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Forbes • Sinaloa drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

 Mexican Cops 
 Find 5 Heads 
 in Coolers 

Ice boxes containing human heads were inscribed with threats, taunts

Mar 11, 09 1:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police in central Mexico yesterday discovered five human heads in ice chests left by the side of a road, CNN reports. The heads—all male—had been severed only hours earlier, and the eyes of the victims were taped shut. The tops of the coolers were inscribed with taunts and... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • decapitation • drug cartel • Sinaloa drug cartel

 Mexican Mayor Assassinated 

Just as US arrests 750 in crackdown on Mexican drug cartel

Feb 26, 09 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Vista Hermosa in Mexican President Felipe Calderon's home province was ambushed and killed by gunmen last night, CNN reports. The mayor, who survived an assassination attempt last week, is the second mayor in the province to be killed in eight months. The assassination came as US Attorney... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • mayor • Mexican drug war • assassination • drug cartel • Sinaloa drug cartel

 Mexico Busts Former Drug Czar 

Former head of elite 'corruption-proof' unit accused of passing info to drug cartels

Nov 22, 08 7:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The former chief of Mexico's anti-drug operations has been arrested on suspicion of taking massive bribes from drug cartels, the Wall Street Journal reports. Noe Ramirez, accused of  pocketing $450,000 for passing information on investigations to drug kingpins, is the highest-ranking official arrested so far in "Operation Cleanup,... More »

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Mexico • corruption • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • counternarcotics • Sinaloa drug cartel • drug traffickers

 Mexico's Drug Violence 
 Seeps Into US 

Nearly 200 American cities affected by cartels

Nov 17, 08 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexico’s drug violence has been creeping northward into the US for the past several years, and officials now say that cartel-related crime has hit 195 American cities spanning every state except Vermont and West Virginia, the Los Angeles Times reports. Atlanta has emerged as a trafficking hub, but the... More »

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Atlanta • Mexico • violence • Mexican drug war • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • US cities • Sinaloa drug cartel

GLOSSIES

 In Mexico's Drug War,
 US Guns Fire Shots 

Lax gun control and leaky border towns allow a brisk barter trade

Jun 22, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Mexican authorities seize a cache of weapons from a drug-cartel hitman, their first call is long distance: to the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Because, Portfolio reports, chances are any gun used in Mexico’s noxious drug war—which has left close to 10,000 dead since... More »

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Mexico • border control • United States • ATF • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • Sinaloa drug cartel • gunrunning

 Mexico's Top Drug Cop
 Assassinated 

Cartel reportedly behind early-morning killing of Edgar Millan Gomez

May 8, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The official leading Mexico's anti-drug efforts was gunned down early this morning, the Los Angeles Times, shot eight times after arriving at his Mexico City home from work. Mexican outlets reported that the so-called Sinaloa cartel is behind the death of Edgar Millan Gomez, 42; he's the third high-ranking federal... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • assassination • drug cartel • Edgar Millan Gomez • Sinaloa drug cartel

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