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Longtime Friend and Right-Hand Man of Sinaloa Cartel's 'Chapitos' Leader Killed in Mexico City

Óscar Noé Medina González, also known as "El Panu" was also a key figure in Los Chapitos' drug trafficking operations, including its expansion of fentanyl distribution in Mexico and the United States.

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Latin America

Maduro Regime Releases Dozens Of Detainees As U.S. Escalates Pressure On Venezuela

As of Dec. 15, Foro Penal had recorded 902 political prisoners in Venezuela, noting that since 2014 the organization has documented 18,612 people arrested by Maduro's government on similar grounds.

Latin America

Report Reveals Tren de Aragua Presence in 10 Mexican States as Authorities Step Up Efforts to Curb Gang's Expansion

A new report, based on testimony from government intelligence officials, states that Mexican authorities only became aware of Tren de Aragua's operations last year, after clashes between the gang and rival groups in Mexico City.

Latin America

Nicolás Maduro Says Ongoing U.S. Blockade Will Serve as a 'Test' for Venezuela to Break Free From Oil Dependence

As U.S. officials target Venezuelan oil tankers allegedly linked to a so-called dark fleet used to evade sanctions, Maduro said Washington's actions are a "test" for Venezuela to break free from oil dependence and emerge as a stronger economy.

Salvadoran Government Receives 238 Alleged Members Of Criminal Organizations 'Tren

Latin America

MS-13 Member Sentenced to More than 1,300 Years Behind Bars For Over 20 Murders And Extortion

El Salvador's Attorney General's Office did not clarify whether the convicted gang members were captured under the state of exception in place since March 2022 against violent gangs, or if they were already in prison before the measure.

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Latin America

Former Lover of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán Breaks Silence, Challenges Emma Coronel's Version in New Documentary

The women who shaped the private life of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán are speaking out once again.Following the recent release of the documentary Married to El Chapo: Emma Coronel Speaks, Lucero Guadalupe Sánchez López, a former Mexican congresswoman and alleged former romantic partner of Guzmán, has publicly challenged the narrative presented by Emma Coronel, the drug lord's wife.

Immigration

Mexico To Use Lottery Proceeds to Provide Millions in Assistance To Migrants in U.S.

The money comes from a Sept. 15 drawing titled "Mexico with an M for Migrant," intended to raise additional funds for consulates in U.S. cities where immigration raids are underway or where detention centers are filling up.

Latin America

Authorities Arrest Man Alleged to Be Jalisco Cartel's Third-in-Command In Mexico

One of the crimes Armando "G" has been linked to is the killing of Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz, a former governor of Jalisco who was assassinated in 2018 inside a bar in the tourist zone of Puerto Vallarta.

Latin America

Feds Target Tren de Aragua Leader Known As 'The Unspeakable'

Federal prosecutors have indicted a leader of notorious street gang Tren de Aragua

Latin America

Brazilian President Lula da Silva Proposes Acting as Mediator Between Maduro and Trump

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has volunteered to serve as a mediator between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trump

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Entertainment

Raúl Rocha, Owner of Miss Universe, Wanted by Mexican Authorities After Losing Cooperation Deal

Mexican federal prosecutors are seeking the arrest of Raúl Rocha Cantú, the owner of the Miss Universe Organization, after revoking a cooperation agreement that had temporarily shielded him from prosecution.

José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, also known as "El Marro."

Latin America

U.S. Says Top Cartel Leader Still Running Operations From High-Security Mexican Prison

Before his 2020 arrest, El Marro, leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, was one of Mexico's most wanted criminals for large-scale fuel theft, or huachicoleo, and for trafficking fuel, oil, and heroin into the United States.

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Latin America

Colombia's Gustavo Petro Calls Nicolás Maduro a Dictator But Says No Evidence Links Him to Being a 'Narco'

After months of public solidarity and support for Maduro, Petro called the Venezuelan authoritarian leader a dictator for the first time.

Latin America

Extratropical Cyclone Leaves 1 Million Without Power In São Paulo

Once free of climate extremes, Brazil faces a new weather reality

Latin America

Over 10,000 Migrants Deported by ICE Have Arrived at a Tijuana Mega Shelter So Far This Year

Thousands of migrants deported under the Trump administration's hardline policies have ended up in the border city of Tijuana, where a mega-shelter has housed 12,000 people through the end of November.

Latin America

Cartel Turf Wars Drive Sinaloa Femicides to Their Highest Level in the Last Decade

Citizen groups and Sinaloa-based collectives argue that the high number of femicide victims is not simply a coincidence, but directly tied to the wave of violence unleashed by the ongoing turf wars in the state.