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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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A man in a white T-shirt with his face blurred stands between a Migración Colombia officer in a navy cap and a Colombian police officer in a yellow jacket in an office hallway
Archive photo · Policía Nacional de Colombia · Photo details and license
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Wanted by the U.S., Flagged as Mexican Mafia: Alleged CJNG Link ‘El Mexicano’ Caught in a Luxury Medellín Home With Armored Cars and Ex-Cop Bodyguards

Colombian authorities have arrested Fredy Chacón, alias “El Mexicano,” in a luxury home in Medellín. Officials describe him as an alleged coordinator in Colombia for Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and say U.S. authorities…

September 26, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Armed Ecuadorian National Police officers in helmets and tactical gear stand behind tables of seized rifles, pistols, magazines and packaged drugs in front of a Policía Nacional truck
Archive photo · Carlos Silva / Presidencia de la República del Ecuador · Photo details and license
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50 U.S. Troops and the DEA Back Ecuador Raids That Net 30+ Suspects in a Network Tied to Mexico’s CJNG, Accused of Shipping Colombian Cocaine to the U.S.

Ecuadorian police, backed by 50 U.S. Southern Command personnel and the DEA, arrested more than 30 people in raids against a network authorities say was directly linked to Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

September 24, 2026 · The Narco Blog