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View of the front pages of Mexican newspapers showing the news of the capture of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, in Mexico City, Mexico on July 26, 2024. Mexican authorities reported that they had no participation in the arrest of Ismael "Mayo" Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, and of a son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, carried out on July 25 in Texas by US authorities. (Photo by Rodrigo Oropeza / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO OROPEZA/AFP via Getty Images)

17 members of a cartel kingpin’s family were escorted into California from Mexico. Why?

Mexican news reports suggest the U.S. recently orchestrated the secret, cross-border move of at least 17 relatives of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to California.

FILE - TO HOLD - Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica arrives to cast his vote in Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89

Friends and family mourn during the wake of mayoral candidate Alma Barragan in Moroleon, Mexico, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Barragan was killed Tuesday while campaigning for the mayorship of the city of Moroleon, in violence-plagued Guanajuato state. (AP Photo/Armando Solis)

Mexico vows to hunt down killer of mayoral candidate

Side by side portraits of Presidents Donald Trump and Claudia Sheinbaum

Trump wants to attack drug cartels. How can Mexico respond if he does?

Mexico City, Mexico - May 06: Irving Alvarez sings at Los Guitarrazos, an event featuring artists playing the northern Mexican genre corridos, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Alicia Vera / For The Times)

Why Mexico is banning drug war ballads

Mexico sues Google for labeling Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America

Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and held in El Salvador

Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case

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