Drug Cartel

• Son of Mexican cartel head ‘El Chapo’ extradited to U.S. to face drug charges

  Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzman Lopez, alias "the Mouse," in January in Culiacan, and have now extradited him to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2023
  
• Mexican cartel purportedly apologizes for killing 2 U.S. citizens, kidnapping others

  The apology letter was found alongside a photograph of five men face down on the pavement. The cartel said it turned over its own members to police.

  U.S. News

  Mar 9, 2023
  
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• Winnipeggers stuck in Mazatlán as cartel violence causes delays

  Winnipeg travelers in Mazatlan, Mexico discovered their flights home were cancelled after violence erupted in Sinaloa following the arrest of cartel member Ovidio Guzman.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023
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• ‘Coming for all of you’: Cartels hunt down, kill police at their homes in Mexico

  The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers, and is now hunting them down.

  World

  Jun 1, 2021
• Remains of at least 50 people found at Mexico farm: authorities

  The remains were discovered last month at a farm outside the city of Guadalajara.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2019
• ‘I do not feel safe here’: Mexican town residents fearful after 9 Americans massacred

  Monday’s killings prompted state and federal forces to deploy to protect those who came to mourn. How long they stay could be crucial to the town's future.

  World

  Nov 8, 2019
• Murders of Americans in Mexico shows ‘no line drawn in the sand’ during drug war

  There was a time when the violence of Mexico's 2006-2012 drug war shocked Americans, but barely touched them.

  World

  Nov 7, 2019
• El Chapo, Mexico’s notorious drug lord, found guilty in U.S. trial

  The jury in Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's trial heard testimony about bloodshed, bribery and brutality under the Mexican drug lord's leadership.

  World

  Feb 12, 2019
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• More violent criminals entering Canada from Mexico after Liberal decision to lift visa requirements

  Internal documents obtained by Global News show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the decision to lift visa requirements despite intelligence reporting that anticipated the likely result would be an increased criminal presence among visitors.

  Politics

  Jul 6, 2017
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• Mexican cartel leader killed in shootout involving military attack helicopter

  Mexican authorities say an alleged cartel leader has been killed in a shootout with Mexican marines, who poured gunfire into a house from a helicopter-mounted machine gun.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2017