The U.S. government has not detailed how it assisted in the capture of El Chapo. But a report by the online magazine SOFREP suggested that Delta Force operators and U.S. law enforcement officials were involved in the mission.
MEXICO CITY – Sean Penn's interview with drug lord JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán caused a cross-border uproar on Sunday, with Mexican authorities seeking to question him while U.S. critics lashed out at the U.S. actor.
The recapture of kingpin JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán was a boost to the Mexican government, but his Sinaloa drug cartel lives on despite the loss of its "CEO," analysts say.
Betrayed by his desire to make a biopic, Mexican drug kingpin JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán was back Saturday in the prison he escaped from six months ago, amid calls to extradite him to the United States.
MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities have recaptured fugitive drug kingpin JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán, six months after his prison break, President Enrique Peña Nieto said on Friday.
MADRID, Spain – In a major drugs bust, Spanish police said Tuesday they had seized three tons of Colombian cocaine and arrested 12 suspected drug smugglers from Spain, Britain and the Netherlands.
Alleged Mexican drug lord Tirso MartÃnez Sánchez pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges Friday, one day after he was extradited to face the charges in a U.S. court.
Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady, EfraÃn Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, appeared in a Manhattan court Thursday and denied charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the United States. Campo Flores was crying as he walked into the courtroom.
U.S. agents have arrested two relatives of Venezuela's first lady for allegedly conspiring to smuggle 800 kilos (1,800 pounds) of cocaine into the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.