
Tracing the life of El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro: From obscurity to celebrity and arrest
In embracing the limelight, had Coronel put a target on her own back?

Mexican cartel chief El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested in US on drug charges
Aispuro is charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs in the US and is accused of helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison in 2015

Three American women, 6 children killed in deadly ambush in Mexico; doubts raised over President Manual Obrador's 'hugs, not bullets' security strategy
When drug cartel gunmen opened fire on American women and children in northern Mexico, the Mexican Army, the National Guard and Sonora state police were not there to protect them.

Mexican cartel gunmen force cops to free drug lord El Chapo's son; security minister says decision taken to maintain peace in city
Heavily armed fighters surrounded security forces in a Mexican city and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s sons, after his capture triggered gunbattles and a prison break

Jeffrey Epstein found dead in Manhattan jail: Apparent suicide by high-profile detainee triggers outcry as FBI launches probe
US financier Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead in jail Saturday of an apparent suicide, triggering outcry over how the high-profile detainee could die in custody.

Jeffrey Epstein hangs himself in Manhattan jail cell, claim media reports; US financier was facing trafficking charges
The wealthy US financier Jeffrey Epstein, indicted on charges he trafficked underage girls for sex, has committed suicide in prison.

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman gets life in prison by New York jury for running drug-smuggling operation
The prosecution’s case against El Chapo, a roughly 5-and-a-half-foot figure whose nickname translates to “Shorty,” included the testimony of several turncoats and other witnesses.

Narcos: Mexico review — Netflix's global hit delivers another high with solid fourth instalment
As catchphrases go, 'In crisis, there's opportunity' doesn't quite have the same ring as 'plata o plomo'. But it serves just fine as the core of Narcos: Mexico, instalment four of Netflix's hit original.

El Chapo bribed Interpol and Mexican authorities to keep drugs flowing, says drug lord's former ally Jesus Zambada
Jesus Zambada, brother of the cartel's co-head, the still-at-large Ismael Zambada, detailed the eye-watering costs of protecting cocaine shipments that originated in Colombia and travelled to the US via Mexico — with payments amounting to $300,000 per month in Mexico City alone.

Dark, Narcos, Trapped: These TV shows are proof Netflix is acing foreign language programming
Dark, Suburra, Las Chicas del Cable, Narcos, Trapped and Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories were just some of the standout series in Netflix's foreign language TV offerings for the year | #YearInReview | #FirstCulture

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' moves to hire lawyers who had successfully defended a mafia boss
Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants to dump his US public defenders for a quartet of top-flight criminal defense lawyers.

Veteran journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa
Valdez was a nationally and internationally recognised journalist who authored several books on the drug trade,

Mexican court agrees to review El Chapo's extradition appeal
A Mexican high court has agreed to review an appeal filed by drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to prevent his extradition to the United States, judicial authorities Wednesday.

Mexico's plan to prevent 'El Chapo' Guzman from escaping prison? Move him from cell to cell
Mexico's government is moving Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman constantly from cell to cell inside the maximum security prison where he is being held, the same lockup the elusive drug lord escaped from through a tunnel six months ago.

Mexican drug lord now a fashion icon? 'El Chapo' shirt lands US store in dubious limelight
Barabas, in Los Angeles' Fashion District, was quick to realize the drug lord was pictured in one of its shirts, and even quicker to cash in on it.

‘Nothin' to hide': Sean Penn dismisses criticism over his El Chapo interview
Sean Penn has dismissed criticism over his interview with the fugitive druglord El Chapo who was captured on Friday, a day before Penn's 10,000-word story was published in Rolling Stone magazine.

Rolling Stone gathers moss: Magazine faces criticism over Sean Penn’s 'El Chapo' interview
Sean Penn's long and often rambling interview with El Chapo for Rolling Stone was widely mocked on social media.

Sean Penn's interview with 'most wanted' Mexican kingpin 'El Chapo' led to his re-capture
US actor Sean Penn interviewed Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman three months before the Mexican drug lord's capture this week.

'Mission Accomplished': Mexico recaptures 'El Chapo', the world's most-wanted drug lord
The world's most-wanted drug lord was recaptured in a daring raid by Mexican marines Friday, six months after he fled through a tunnel from a maximum security prison in a made-for-Hollywood escape that deeply embarrassed the government and strained ties with the United States

'El Chapo' manhunt in Mexico leaves bullet-riddled homes, cars
Bullet holes on roofs, charred cars and deserted villages were left in the wake of a military operation to catch fugitive drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in northwest Mexico.