Here’s how an oil tanker captain learned he was hauling cocaine for cartels
The week before the captain of the Aquatravesia oil tanker arrived in Southern California must have been stressful.…
The U.S. is investigating two more Mexican governors for connections to cartels
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. is investigating two prominent Mexican governors, multiple sources said, as the Trump administration expands…
Nearly 1,900 vanished in and around Guadalajara. Now the World Cup arrives
Liliana Meza, mother of Carlos Maximiliano Romero Meza, who disappeared on Oct. 22, 2020, poses with a search…
California man who co-founded CJNG cartel with slain drug lord “El Mencho” pleads guilty in U.S. to conspiracy
A California man who co-founded one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday…
Teen Cartel Gunmen Get 25 Years | STAR 94.1
Two teenagers who were acting as hired guns for the Sinaloa Cartel when they committed a pair of…
One of the men who could replace ‘El Mencho’ is from Southern California
GUADALAJARA — The notorious drug kingpin was sick, his kidneys failing. To ensure smooth management of his multibillion-dollar cartel while…
San Diego professor explains how El Mencho built fentanyl empire
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — El Mencho’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel has been one of the most significant suppliers…
Flights from Mexico resume as Bay Area tourists seek to escape cartel violence
The chaos in Mexico continued on Monday following the Mexican government’s killing of the head of the Jalisco…
Cartel leader “El Mencho,” killed in Mexico, was once arrested in Sacramento
Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” was killed over the weekend during…
“El Mencho” had San Francisco drug arrests years before cartel rise, SF Chronicle says
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — later known as the cartel leader “El Mencho” — had run-ins with law…
Sacramento man in Mexico recalls violence after death of ‘El Mencho’
Chaos has erupted in Mexico after the country’s army killed the most powerful cartel leader and one of…
Returning migrants find Mexico transformed by drug cartels and violence
MEXICO CITY — Adrián Ramírez hadn’t been to his hometown in western Mexico for more than two decades. When he…