Jan 11 Even if Mexico extradites ‘El Chapo,’ where will he be prosecuted? By Eric Tucker and Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press With Mexican authorities saying they're committed to extraditing Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, it appears more likely than ever that American prosecutors will eventually get their hands on the drug lord. Continue reading
Jan 10 Sean Penn met secretly with drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman By Elisabeth Ponsot In an interview with Sean Penn secretly conducted last year, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman admitted he was the world's largest supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 5:17 What the capture of ‘El Chapo’ means for Mexico’s drug wars By PBS NewsHour Joaquin Guzman, a.k.a "El Chapo," perhaps the world's most notorious drug lord, was arrested nearly six months after his elaborate escape from a high-security prison in Mexico. Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Alfredo Corchado of Arizona State University about what… Continue watching
Jan 08 Mexico announces capture of fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’ By Erik Andersen Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted Friday that fugitive drug lord Jaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been captured. Continue reading
Jul 18 Photos: Tracing the escape route of Mexico’s most notorious drug lord By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Cathy Zhao See photos of the mile-long escape tunnel, which began in the floor of an abandoned building and ended in a small hole in the floor of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman's shower. Continue reading
Jul 17 DEA chief confident escaped drug lord ‘El Chapo’ will be found again By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration's top agent hasn't really slept since he got word Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had sneaked out of maximum-security prison in Mexico though a mile-long tunnel that opened beneath his cell's shower nearly a week… Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 6:14 Crime novelist of ‘The Cartel’ calls for end to war on drugs By PBS NewsHour The escape of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán felt to novelist Don Winslow like it came straight out of the pages of his new book, "The Cartel." Winslow has been writing about the drug wars for years, sharing… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 2:16 Mexican authorities question prison workers after Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s jailbreak By PBS NewsHour On Saturday, notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, known as “El Chapo,” walked into a shower stall at the maximum security prison and never came out. Officials later discovered a nearly mile-long tunnel had been dug under the prison, ending… Continue watching
Jul 13 U.S. offers full support to Mexico to capture drug lord ‘El Chapo’ By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The United States is pledging assistance to Mexico's government in bringing escaped drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to justice. Continue reading
Jul 12 Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán escapes prison for second time By Andrew Mach Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, broke out of a maximum security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping through a hole under his cell that led to an elaborate tunnel. Continue reading