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Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán looks up as a DEA agent stands beside him after his extradition to the United States in January 2017
Archive photo · U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration · Photo details and license
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‘Angustiadísimo’: El Chapo Offered to Give Up Sinaloa Cartel Secrets to Save Sons Kidnapped by El Mencho’s CJNG in Puerto Vallarta, Ex-Security Chief Says

Renato Sales Heredia, Mexico’s national security commissioner under Peña Nieto, says El Chapo offered information on the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for help rescuing sons kidnapped by the CJNG in Puerto Vallarta in 2016.

September 28, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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U.S. State Department reward posters offering up to 10 million dollars for Juan José Farías Álvarez, El Abuelo, and up to 5 million dollars for Nicolás Sierra Santana, El Gordo
Archive photo · U.S. Department of State (composite via Infobae) · Photo details and license
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$15 Million for the Last 2: After ‘Kamoni’ Falls, Only ‘El Abuelo’ Farías and ‘El Gordo’ Sierra Santana Remain of 5 Cárteles Unidos Bosses the U.S. Charged

Three of five Cárteles Unidos leaders charged by the U.S. in 2025 have been arrested or killed. Who are the two still wanted: Tepalcatepec's ‘El Abuelo’ and Los Viagras boss ‘El Gordo’.

September 28, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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A man in a red jacket with his eyes covered by a black bar stands handcuffed between two masked, armed Mexico City police officers wearing SSC UMOE vests
Archive photo · Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana CDMX / Reforma · Photo details and license
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12 Years for ‘La Vaca’: Colima Cartel Founder Sentenced Over 7 Rifles and 3,439 Rounds Seized in 2014 — His 2022 Arrest Left 14 Vehicles Burned

José Bernabé Brizuela Meraz, alias “La Vaca,” identified by Mexican federal prosecutors as the founder and leader of the Cártel Independiente de Colima, also known as “Los Mezcales,” has been sentenced to 12 years in…

September 27, 2026 · The Narco Blog