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El Chapo May Be Planning Another Prison Break, Feds Say, After He Requests Outdoor Recreation Time

El Chapo May Be Planning Another Prison Break, Feds Say, After He Requests Outdoor Recreation Time

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is currently behind bars in a New York prison, may be planning another prison break, Los Angeles’ KABC-TV reports. The notorious criminal has already made two high-profile escapes from prison. Guzman has been held in solitary confinement at a federal detention center in Manhattan, awaiting sentencing. He’s […]

5y ago

El Chapo Seeks Retrial After Learning Jurors Allegedly Read Tweets From Journalists

El Chapo Seeks Retrial After Learning Jurors Allegedly Read Tweets From Journalists

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán will request a new trial after media reports emerged that at least one juror, and possibly others, violated trial rules by reading media coverage of the legal proceedings, USA Today is reporting. The 61-year-old former leader of Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa cartel was convicted last week of drug trafficking, weapons violations, and […]

5y ago

Sarah Sanders Mocked For Suggesting That Border Wall Could Have Stopped ‘El Chapo’

Sarah Sanders Mocked For Suggesting That Border Wall Could Have Stopped ‘El Chapo’

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders celebrated the conviction of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on 10 federal counts, but her tweet invited scorn from a number of Twitter users. Sanders, whose job is to defend the president’s policies in front of the media, insinuated that Guzman’s conviction was tied to Donald Trump’s campaign promise […]

5y ago

Former DEA Agent Said Sean Penn Should ‘Be Jailed’ For ‘Enabling’ Alleged Drug Lord El Chapo To Evade Arrest

Former DEA Agent Said Sean Penn Should ‘Be Jailed’ For ‘Enabling’ Alleged Drug Lord El Chapo To Evade Arrest

A former DEA agent has called for Sean Penn to be jailed because he claims the Hollywood star allowed alleged drug cartel boss El Chapo to escape capture. Jack Riley is now retired but he was once the highest ranking career Special Agent at the DEA. He has recently written a book about his relentless […]

5y ago

El Chapo Cartel Members Say Drugs Aren’t Smuggled Through Gaps In The Border Wall

El Chapo Cartel Members Say Drugs Aren’t Smuggled Through Gaps In The Border Wall

For the past two months, a jury has been hearing testimony from members of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s cartel, and it turns out that the wall isn’t the deterrent some leaders claim it is for drugs coming across the southern border. CNN reports that former cartel members testified that most drugs come across legal points […]

6y ago

Government Shutdown Will Leave US Marshals Guarding ‘El Chapo’ Unpaid If It Persists

Government Shutdown Will Leave US Marshals Guarding ‘El Chapo’ Unpaid If It Persists

Having a dangerous job can be made worse if you might not get paid for it. The U.S. marshals responsible for guarding one of the most dangerous drug lords in the world, Joaquín Guzmán, or El Chapo as he is more commonly called, may not get paid if the marathon partial government shutdown continues into […]

6y ago

The FBI Offers $20 Million Reward For The Capture Of El Chapo Guzman’s Partner

The FBI Offers $20 Million Reward For The Capture Of El Chapo Guzman’s Partner

The FBI has announced a $20 million bounty for the capture of a fugitive drug lord, Rafael Caro Quintero, who is also believed to be one of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman‘s partners within the Sinaloa Cartel, as reported by Time. Currently believed to be in his 50s, he’s credited as one of the godfathers of […]

6y ago

Mexican Man Connected To El Chapo Guzman’s Cartel Reportedly ‘Dissolved’ Over 240 Dead Bodies

Mexican Man Connected To El Chapo Guzman’s Cartel Reportedly ‘Dissolved’ Over 240 Dead Bodies

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s drug trafficking organization, the Sinaloa Cartel has been blamed for countless murders, mostly in connection with the cartel underworld. And now, the bodies of at least 240 murder victims have been found in a mass grave in Mexico, according to a report by the Mirror. The corpses were reportedly dissolved in […]

6y ago

Fast And Furious And The El Chapo Guzman Connection

Fast And Furious And The El Chapo Guzman Connection

Operation Fast and Furious was a disaster for the United States government in many ways. Used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to track down illegal gun purchases, it led to thousands of guns finding their way into Mexico. According to a report by CNN, about 2,000 guns worth $1.5 million were […]

6y ago

El Chapo Organization Has No Mercy For Adversaries, Says Report

El Chapo Organization Has No Mercy For Adversaries, Says Report

The capture and extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States caused a significant change in the Mexican drug trafficking underworld. Presently in solitary confinement in a high security prison in Manhattan, El Chapo was, at one time, arguably the most powerful drug lord in Mexico, controlling numerous lucrative drug trafficking corridors and […]

6y ago

El Chapo Rival Cartel Murders Two Federal Agents

El Chapo Rival Cartel Murders Two Federal Agents

The capture of El Chapo led to the subsequent growth of numerous regional cartels looking to fill the void. His extradition to the United States made his cartel substantially weaker and unable to maintain its sphere of influence. Infighting over leadership also led to numerous suspected cases of betrayal that led to the arrest of […]

6y ago

Dangerous Criminals Willing To Help El Chapo Put Jurors At Risk, According To Judge

Dangerous Criminals Willing To Help El Chapo Put Jurors At Risk, According To Judge

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is currently among the world’s loneliest criminals, following a series of stringent measures implemented by the U.S. government to prevent his escape and limit contact with the outside world. Incarcerated at The Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan, he apparently spends 23 hours a day in his solitary […]

6y ago

Who Replaced El Chapo On The Most Wanted List Following His Capture?

Who Replaced El Chapo On The Most Wanted List Following His Capture?

El Chapo has been one of the most sought after drug lords in the world for the last decade. Born in La Tuna, Sinaloa, Mexico, he cited lack of jobs as one of the main drivers of drug dealing activities in the region during an interview with Sean Penn, just over a year ago. This […]

6y ago

Where El Chapo Hid Millions In Cash That Had To Be Counted In Shifts

Where El Chapo Hid Millions In Cash That Had To Be Counted In Shifts

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was one of the most influential drug lords in Mexico, with his cartel smuggling tons of drugs into the United States each month. Now incarcerated in the Metropolitan Correctional Center, in his prime, he supplied about 80 percent of cocaine available in Chicago, according to ABC7 Chicago. In the interview with […]

7y ago

Another Mexican YouTube Star Dares Drug Lord El Mencho

Another Mexican YouTube Star Dares Drug Lord El Mencho

The execution of Mexican YouTube star Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales aka El Pirata de Culiacán, a few weeks ago by armed gunmen shocked many who had come to follow his wild antics on social media. Born and raised in Sinaloa, Mexico, he gained over a million followers on Facebook and Instagram at the age of […]

7y ago

U.S. Government Officials Accused Of Torture By El Chapo’s Aide

U.S. Government Officials Accused Of Torture By El Chapo’s Aide

Jesus Raul Beltran-Leon, one of El Chapo’s aides in the Sinaloa Cartel, has through his lawyers accused U.S government officials of widespread torture, with the incidents dating back to 2010. According to court papers filed by Raul, who is currently incarcerated in Chicago, Mexican authorities working in collaboration with American trafficking investigators subjected him to […]

7y ago

When El Chapo, El Mayo, And El Mencho Had To Save Twins Who Betrayed Them

When El Chapo, El Mayo, And El Mencho Had To Save Twins Who Betrayed Them

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, A.K.A. El Mecho are two of the most powerful Mexican drug lords of recent times. Both from poor backgrounds, they have made billions smuggling cocaine, heroin, marijuana and meth into the United States. El Mencho heads the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, while Guzman’s was the leader of […]

7y ago

Nineteen Gang Members Killed In Mexico — El Chapo’s Mistress Arrested On Drug Charges

Nineteen Gang Members Killed In Mexico — El Chapo’s Mistress Arrested On Drug Charges

El Chapo might be in prison, but he is still commanding his very active drug cartel. Mexico’s most prolific drug lord of all time and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera — aka El Chapo — was arrested for the third time, after escaping prison twice, on January 2016, and was […]

7y ago

Mexican Drugs War: El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel Thanks Donald Trump For Pushing Up Profits

Mexican Drugs War: El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel Thanks Donald Trump For Pushing Up Profits

President Donald Trump declared war on the Mexican drug cartels when he campaigned on the promise to build an impregnable wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. President Trump claims that the border wall will keep the “bad hombres” out of the U.S, and says that the border wall will stem the flood of narcotics […]

7y ago

El Chapo Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel Rival In Mexico Suffers A Major Blow

El Chapo Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel Rival In Mexico Suffers A Major Blow

Joaquin El Chapo Guzman’s capture and extradition changed Mexico’s drug trafficking dynamics, with rival cartels taking advantage of the situation by challenging his organization, the Sinaloa Cartel, on numerous fronts. His capture was believed to have been part of Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto’s strategy to dismantle cartels by going after cartel heads, sometimes with […]

7y ago

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