The promise of large sums of money in a lucrative but dangerous business are helping cartel operatives succeed in their efforts

Álvarez and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also announced that a massive boxing class will be held around Mexico's city squares in 2025

Rolling Stone magazine published Penn's interview with "El Chapo" a few months after the secret meeting took place in Sinaloa

Popular Mexican YouTuber and TikToker Miguel "El Jasper" Vivanco was found brutally murdered on a dirt road in Mexico, with law enforcement believing his death was related to a prominent Mexican drug gang.

The state of Sinaloa has reported more than 400 homicides due to cartel-related violence since early September

Recent testimonies accuse Rubén Rocha Moya of looking for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's approval to run for governor in 2020

Out of the 992 registered educational institutions in Culiacán, 111 of them reman closed due to cartel activity

The U.S. designated "Don T" and his organization as "specially designated narcotics traffickers" back in 2017, the same year he was captured

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.