Sinaloa's minister of public safety, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, said most tests will take place between November and December

Authorities say "El Pelón" was using Culiacán as a hiding place and to coordinate attacks against rival groups

The region has experienced a significant rise in homicides, with around 400 deaths reported over the past two months

In Sinaloa, military personnel including the Army, Navy and National Guard arrested 266 individuals with cartel links in 2023

According to authorities, 10 municipalities across six Mexican states are in need of "priority attention" due to high number of murders

"El Tony" was arrested along with three other gang members in an operation conducted by Mexico's Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA)

A similar notice was sent out by the U.S. in July, warning people from travelling to the border city of Matamoros, in the state of Tamaulipas

"Coordination failed in the last year, in great part because the previous president did not want to receive help from the United States" said Ken Salazar

More than 392,000 people have had to leave their homes due to cartel-related violence between 2008 and 2023

Authorities were able to seize 54 firearms, 2,000 pounds of marijuana, three motorcycles, nine civilian vehicles and three armored vehicles

Authorities are investigating two incidents as cartel violence escalates

"El Güero Chompas" is linked to the October 2023 homicide of Mario Martínez Martínez, director of public security in San Quintín, Tijuana

According to court records, the individuals accused of trafficking drugs have ties to "Los Rusos," the main armed wing of the faction known as "La Mayiza"

According to the 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment, Mexican drug cartels have extended its reach into nearly 50 countries worldwide

Ricardo Trevilla Trejo also added that a similar thing happened last year, when Ovidio Guzmán López was arrested by Mexican and American forces in Culiacán.

A Sinaloa politician was reportedly sent a message that read "tell everyone that, whoever is not with us, is going to be killed"

"The Ghost" was charge of organizing the logistics every time "El Chapo" was on the move, as well as implementing strategies to avoid his capture.

Oaxacan Attorney General said that, apart from the game Free Fire, cartels try to recruit teenagers through Roblox and Grand Theft Auto

Mexican authorities had identified "El Max" as one of the greatest "generators of violence" in the country's ongoing turf wars in recent weeks

"El Flaco" is one of four brothers in charge of leading Gente Nueva, focusing on opium poppy and marijuana production in the southern part of Chihuahua

Thousands of soldiers have been sent to Sinaloa in response to the deadly criminal dispute.

The drug cartel leader smuggled drugs into the U.S. and illicit money into Mexico.

Hundreds of people have died since the cartel's clashing factions formally began their war in Early September

The shootout on the Samalayuca-Porvenir Highway led to the capture of high-caliber weapons amid ongoing cartel violence in the country

Sinaloa's Attorney General's Office detailed a series of events that dispute the account of Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya

According to data from Mexico's Federal Security Cabinet, almost 700 killings have taken place in Chiapas so far this year

He also contends that he should have been tried in Texas or California, rather than New York, and that harsh pre-trial restrictions compromised a proper defense

The group known as "Los Ninis" are the main armed wing of "Los Chapitos"

A Polish funeral home has issued an apology after a body they were transporting fell out of their hearse and onto the road, causing a passing driver to believe that a pedestrian was injured in an accident.

Joaquín Guzmán López was arrested in July after he turned himself and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada in to U.S. authorities at a private airport in New Mexico