Mexico cartels

Where in the world has El Chapo gone? If the past is a guide, questions about the billionaire drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, tend to find their answers in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains.

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escaped through a hole that was apparently dug with the help of a motorcycle mounted on a rail to transport tools and remove earth. Prosecutors questioned 30 prison employees of various rank, including the warden, the attorney general's office said, signaling suspicions of an inside job.

Mexico sought answers Monday after five children aged 11 to 15 stoned, stabbed and buried a six-year-old boy, a shocking case that raised questions about the influence of drug violence on kids.

With unfailing punctuality, the grocer receives text messages from his extortionist on the last day of each month. The medical students leave their lab coats at school, to avoid roaming gangsters who need surgery. The oil man mutters on his two-way radio as he drives behind tinted glass.

The alleged traffickers hid the drugs inside sealed buckets of pineapple juice driven in refrigerated trucks from Costa Rica to the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The United States is believed to be the final destination for the narcotics.

With the wholesale price of marijuana falling – driven in part by decriminalization in sections of the U.S. – Mexican drug farmers are turning away from cannabis and filling their fields with opium poppies.

CULIACÁN, Mexcio – Some 2,000 people demonstrated in support of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in his northwestern home state Wednesday, chanting "release him" following his weekend arrest.

If history is any indication, "El Chapo" Guzmán's fall points to a difficult and likely violent time ahead, both in Mexico and the United States.

It seems like you can find anything on social media these days – including the lifestyles of family members of Mexico's biggest drug capos.

Analyst: "There's a strong possibility that this may increase the violence in Mexico."