A Mexican federal police officer who captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in northwest Mexico last year was moved for his own safety to a posting at the Mexican embassy in Washington, DC, according to two Mexican law enforcement sources.
Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has kicked his long-suffering, court-appointed attorneys to the curb and hired John ”Junior” Gotti’s defense lawyer.
New York – Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman needs to stay in solitary confinement at a New York City lockup to keep him from trying to control his drug-trafficking empire from behind bars, a judge ruled Thursday.
Colombian cartel leaders may be the key to locking up El Chapo forever.
In the heart of bustling lower Manhattan sits one of the country’s most secure federal lockups and the new home of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been extradited to the United States, Mexico’s government said Thursday, a little more than a year he was caught following his brazen escape from a maximum-security prison.
Mexico City, – A lawyer for Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman filed an appeal to block his extradition to the United States, where he faces drug and murder charges.
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican federal judge who presided over appeals from high-profile drug kingpins in recent years was fatally shot in the head outside his home on Monday, authorities said.
MEXICO CITY — The sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman were likely behind a brazen ambush on a military convoy using grenades and high-powered guns that left five soldiers dead and 10 wounded on Friday, officials said.
Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpin is bound for Brooklyn.