World & Nation
The case of ‘El Menchito’ has highlighted the generational divide between boomer-aged drug cartel bosses and their millennial children.
Sept. 19, 2024
California
Ralph Rocha infiltrated negotiations between the Mexican Mafia and a cartel for the ATF. His handlers didn’t know he made secret tapes that would jeopardize the case.
Sept. 5, 2024
Academic Oswaldo Zavala has pushed back at the notion that Mexico’s drug cartels are all-powerful, arguing that they could not exist without state support.
Aug. 28, 2024
The two border agents, Diego Bonillo and Jesse Garcia, were charged with an 11-count indictment, accusing the pair with importation of methamphetamines, fentanyl and cocaine. They face more than a decade in prison.
Sept. 9, 2024
An escalating turf war engulfing much of Mexico’s heavily Indigenous Chiapas state has displaced thousands as gangs battle for drug- and gun-trafficking routes.
Aug. 22, 2024
Music
Lucy-Bleu Knight — the daughter of Slash’s girlfriend Meegan Hodges — died last month from hydrogen sulfide toxicity. The manner of death was ruled suicide.
Aug. 30, 2024
The elusive Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was finally caught. Was he kidnapped by one of El Chapo’s sons?
Aug. 7, 2024
July 26, 2024
Amid eroding trust between the U.S. and Mexico on security issues, Mexican officials were caught off guard by the arrest of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López.
Aug. 1, 2024
There is growing evidence to suggest Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was hauled against his will from Mexico to El Paso in an effort by El Chapo’s son to curry favor with U.S. authorities.