El Chapo

• Wife of Mexican druglord ‘El Chapo’ arrested in Virginia on U.S. drug charges

  Emma Coronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old former beauty queen, was arrested at Dulles International Airport, and is expected to appear in federal court in Washington on Tuesday.

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  Feb 22, 2021
  
• Mexico extradites alleged aide to El Chapo drug cartel to the U.S., prosecutors say

  U.S. officials had been trying for years to extradite Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, nicknamed "The Engineer," who allegedly had overseen cartel marijuana operations in the mountainous northern state of Durango and part of Chihuahua before his arrest in 2011.

  World

  Jun 14, 2020
  
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• Mexico’s president says druglord El Chapo had as much power as him at one point

  Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was convicted on drug conspiracy charges in New York. He was sentenced last year to life in prison.

  Politics

  Jan 1, 2020
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• El Chapo’s wife to appear on reality show ‘Cartel Crew’

  Emma Coronel Aispuro will make several appearances on the reality show and is expected to open up "about her life after El Chapo," according to VH1.

  Entertainment

  Nov 12, 2019
• Attempt to capture El Chapo’s son leads to deadly cartel shootout

  The gunbattle Thursday paralyzed the capital of Mexico's Sinaloa state and left the streets littered with burning vehicles.

  World

  Oct 18, 2019
• El Chapo bribed Honduras president’s brother, gave $1M: prosecutor

  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has also been labeled a co-conspirator, though he has not been charged.

  World

  Oct 2, 2019
• Mexico has made advances in curbing flow of migrants: Pompeo

  The U.S. secretary of state spent the morning with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo in Mexico City before flying to a meeting with El Salvador's president.

  Politics

  Jul 21, 2019
• Mexican drug lord El Chapo sentenced to life in prison

  The notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison.

  Crime

  Jul 17, 2019
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• Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ should get life in prison: U.S. prosecutors

  Joaquin Guzman, known as 'El Chapo' was convicted in February of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking.

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  Jul 10, 2019
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• U.S. seeks $12.7 billion from ‘El Chapo’ — the value of all the drugs he trafficked

  The sum represents the total amount of cocaine, marijuana and heroin that a jury found Guzman to have trafficked, multiplied by the average prices of those drugs, according to a filing by prosecutors in Brooklyn federal court.

  World

  Jul 5, 2019