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
In Argentina, warring drug traffickers are banding together and terrorizing parts of the city of Rosario that were previously considered safe.
April 23, 2024
Juan Orlando Hernández appears in federal court in Manhattan on drug trafficking and weapons charges, nearly two years after the former leader’s extradition from Honduras.
Feb. 20, 2024
Colombia’s navy said it intercepted its first narco-submarine of the year, as drug traffickers in the country produce record amounts of cocaine.
Jan. 23, 2024
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country’s jailed ex-security chief that he has links to drug cartels.
Sept. 18, 2024
California
Has this famously liberal city moved too far right to embrace an old-school progressive for mayor?
Archaeologist Richard Hansen has devoted his life to preserving Maya sites and artifacts. But some question whether his efforts will do more harm than good.
March 1, 2023
Some say the Democrats are to blame for California’s problems, so what are the Republicans doing? Shrinking their tent
Sept. 7, 2024
Movies
The cast of Netflix’s queer musical narco-drama stopped by the L.A. Times studio to explain why Jacques Audiard was the man for the job, plus more highlights from TIFF.
Sept. 9, 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