MARK STEVENSON / The Associated PressNov 5, 2019
The attack took place in a remote, mountainous area where the Sinaloa cartel has been engaged in a turf war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
MARIA VERZA / The Associated PressOct 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 5, 2008
It's been a creeping tragedy that has escaped serious attention by many major media outlets, but the recurring waves of drug violence in Mexico have taken the lives of about 5,000 people in 2008. In response, the Mexican government has deployed more than 40,000 troops, though corruption within the state's security forces remains a grave problem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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