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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.A man’s body, hands bound and covered by a blue tarp, lies by the side of the road where it had been dumped minutes earlier. A blood-soaked sign says he was a “Chapito,” a member of one of two criminal factions fighting for control of this city, the cradle of Mexico’s transnational narcotics industry.Such macabre finds are common in Culiacán—a city of luxury car dealerships, fancy malls, and makeshift fentanyl labs—marking the shifting lines of nearly two years of relentless civil war between the two main clans of the pioneering Sinaloa cartel.It’s a war that the Chapitos, the heirs of Mexican drug boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, appear to be losing, casting doubt on the future of a dynasty that once ruled vast swaths of the criminal underworld on its way to becoming the world’s top producer and smuggler of fentanyl.The latest blow came last month with the U.S.

CULIACÁN, Mexico—In this steamy city that is home to the world’s largest fentanyl smuggling organization, the stunning capture of Sinaloa cartel patriarch Ismael “El Mayo" Zambada risks sparking a bloodbath that is likely to reverberate on the streets of the U.S. The once powerful Zambada said he was betrayed by the son of his longtime associate Joaquín “El Chapo" Guzmán. Now, many fear an open war between the two first families of the Sinaloa cartel.

Facebook has admitted that it has committed a mistake by censoring the image of Donald Trump's assassination attempt. The Mark Zuckerberg-owned social media platform called the image of Donald Trump pumping his fist in the air after an assassination attempt against him an «altered photo.» After facing criticism, a spokesperson admitted Monday that it was a mistake. Meta Public Affairs Director Dani Lever explained on X it was an error as the systems were meant to detect a separate version of the image, reports 'Fox News Digital'. He explained that the fact check was initially applied to a doctored photo showing the Secret Service agents smiling, and in some cases, our systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo. Tendering an apology, Lever said that it had been fixed.

El Chapo" Guzman's son Joaquín Guzmán López pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges Tuesday, days after an astonishing capture in the U.S. Joaquin Guzman Lopez's was produced in Chicago federal court before U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, who ordered him detained pending trial. Guzman Lopez could face the death penalty if convicted, as per a report on Reuters.

Ovidio Guzmán-López, the son of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has been successfully extradited to the United States to face charges related to fentanyl trafficking. This extradition marks a crucial milestone in the relentless efforts of both Mexican and US authorities to combat the drug trafficking operations associated with the formidable Sinaloa cartel.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A son of drug kingpin El Chapo was extradited to the United States on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been released from federal custody. Coronel Aispuro, who was convicted for aiding her husband in running his multibillion-dollar criminal empire, reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in 2021. Her charges included money laundering conspiracy and engaging in transactions with a foreign narcotics trafficker. Coronel was released following 27 months of incarceration. Currently, she is subject to supervised release.

A pair of attorneys defending FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried against one of the biggest white-collar prosecutions in decades are veterans of high-profile cases, including ones involving drug lord El Chapo and disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.