Hurricane Threatens Western Mexico, Resorts
Oct 22, 2018 An evacuation is being rushed ahead of Tuesday's predicted landfall, and an "extraordinary emergency" has been declared in Nayarit and Sinaloa states.
Sean Penn and Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán: Hollywood Came Calling, Then the Authorities Followed
Jan 11, 2016 In Sean Penn's star-powered, 10,000-word, gigante get for Rolling Stone about his clandestine huddle with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, we learn that, with startling predictability, Guzmán was yielding to Hollywood's siren call. And that receptivity didn't just consist of his willingness to be interviewed by actor and activist Penn, either.
Escapes From Mexican Prison Spur Border Manhunt
Sep 18, 2012 In one of the largest prison breaks in Mexico in recent years, 132 inmates escaped from a facility in the northern state of Coahuila on Monday, setting off a massive manhunt by police and soldiers near the U.S. border.
Dozens Arrested in Arizona Drug Bust
Oct 31, 2011 After a 17-month investigation led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal, state and local authorities cracked down on a vast drug-smuggling network in Arizona that officials tied to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, making 76 arrests in three separate raids.
Mexican Drug Lord Killed
Jul 30, 2010 Mexican troops shot and killed Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa drug cartel, in a firefight Thursday. The U.S. had offered a $5 million reward for Coronel's capture.
