REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar CHICAGO (AP) — A former top lieutenant to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and likely witness at the Mexican drug lord’s New York trial has pleaded guilty to trafficking conspiracy in Chicago, saying in a plea agreement unsealed Friday that he will cooperate with prosecutors in hopes of a reduced sentence and protection from […]
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The son of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s former right-hand man is reportedly talking to US authorities, and it could be trouble for the Sinaloa cartel
The son of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s former right-hand man is reportedly talking to US authorities, and it could be trouble for the Sinaloa cartel NOW WATCH: What El Chapo is really like — according to the wife of one his closest henchman
Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel has reportedly teamed up with a Romanian gang to ship drugs to the UK
Thomson Reuters A European branch of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel has formed an alliance with a Romanian criminal group in order to smuggle narcotics into the UK, The Times of London reports, citing Britain’s National Crime Agency. According to The Times, the Sinaloa branch has linked up with a Romanian gang that operates heavy goods vehicles […]
A major player in the struggle for control of the Sinaloa cartel just surrendered in the US
Televisa/Twitter Damaso Lopez Serrano, the son of one of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s main henchmen and a competitor for control of the Sinaloa cartel, crossed the border and turned himself into US authorities on Wednesday. Lopez Serrano reportedly crossed from Mexicali in Mexico’s Baja California state to Calexico in California, where he surrendered to the […]
‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s powerful Sinaloa cartel is withering while he sits in a US jail
Thomson Reuters Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was extradited to the US on January 19 and has occupied a cell in a high-security facility in Manhattan ever since, awaiting his trial in April 2018. As Guzman stews in his cell, largely isolated from the outside world, the cartel he guided to the top […]