Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on U.S. drug charges
She's accused of helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison in 2015 and participating in the planning of a second prison escape before Guzman was extradited to the U.S. in January 2017.
Mexico wants El Chapo’s drug money for anti-poverty programs
Mexico’s president says he will use legal channels to try to get the fortune of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman returned to Mexico.
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News Wrap: House Democrats move closer to holding Barr, Ross in contempt
In our news wrap Wednesday, House Democrats have moved closer to holding Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress. The two men had refused to provide documents behind the administration's plan to add a…
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in prison
The evidence in his trial earlier this year showed that under Joaquin Guzman's orders, the Sinaloa cartel was responsible for smuggling mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the United States during his 25-year reign.
In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate approved a sweeping public lands bill by a huge majority, 92 to 8. The measure would add a million acres of protected wilderness, expand several national parks and create four new national monuments.
After a trial lasting nearly three months, the Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, more widely known as “El Chapo,” was convicted Tuesday and now faces the possibility of life in prison. Prosecutors said that during Guzman's reign, the Sinaloa cartel…
Heaping bags of fentanyl and plastic tubs of crystal meth, heroin and cocaine offer no sign that the cartel has been weakened, lost sway over its traditional territory in northwestern Mexico or seen its international reach curtailed.
Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a…
Prosecutors say Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is responsible for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States and for a wave of killings in turf wars with other cartels.
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