Guzmán has been on the run since January 19, 2001, when he escaped from Puente Grande prison in Jalisco, not far from Guadalajara.

According to El Universal, the DEA cut deals with the Sinaloa cartel for information on rival gangs, without the knowledge of Mexican authorities.

Agents from the US' Drug Enforcement Agency had secret meetings with Mexican drug cartel leaders to obtain key information on rival cartels.

The US Drug Enforcement Administration released its 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary which found that Mexican drug trade, particularly heroin, is rising in the US as drug lords expand into new markets.

Guadalajara drug cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero left prison after 28 years behind bars last week. Now, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, an accomplice in the 1985 murder of a DEA agent for which Caro Quintero was convicted, could also walk free.

In late July, nearly 24 tons of seized cocaine were airlifted from Costa Rica to Miami by the US Air Force to be incinerated. Costa Rica says it’s not going to do that anymore.

The remains of iconic Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera have been identified following the plane crash in northern Mexico that took her life and six others.