Authorities in Mexico arrested and then released one of the sons of notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, during a violent shootout Thursday, The New York Times reports. The chaos began after 30 soldiers reportedly took control of a home in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa State. They …
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Joaquín “Al Chapo” Guzmán paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, at the beginning of Peña Nieto’s term, in a bid by Guzmán to buy the protection of the then-incoming president, according to a witness who once worked closely with El Chapo. The accusations, which …
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While Joaquín“El Chapo” Guzmán stands trial in Brooklyn, one of the Mexican drug lord’s key rivals in the drug trade has died while behind bars. Héctor Beltrán “El H” Leyva, one of four brothers to helm the Beltran Leyva cartel, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at a Mexican …
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