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U.S. judge sentences Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to life plus 30 years

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, was sentenced by a U.S. judge on Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison. Guzman berated the U.S. justice system, and a… Read More

D.C. Intel Exec Nabbed in Feds’ Narco Money-Laundering Sting

The founder of a Washington private intelligence company is in deep trouble with the feds for his alleged willingness to take on a risky new client: a Mexican drug cartel. On Wednesday, federal law enforcement raided the house and seized the electronics of executive Michael Bagley in connection with a… Read More

Mexican prosecutors arrest prominent lawyer in capital

AP — Mexican federal prosecutors say they have arrested a prominent lawyer on suspicion of involvement in organized crime and money laundering. A statement from the Attorney General’s Office says attorney Juan Ramón Collado was detained Tuesday in an affluent neighborhood of Mexico City after a judge authorized his arrest. Read More

8th July 2019

U.S. demands $12.7 billion in judgment against ‘El Chapo’

U.S. authorities said on Friday they were seeking a court order requiring Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to forfeit $12.7 billion following his conviction for racketeering and drug trafficking crimes earlier this year. The sum represents the total amount of cocaine, marijuana and heroin that a jury found… Read More

8th July 2019

Mexico issues arrest warrants for ex-Pemex CEO Lozoya, family members

Mexico’s attorney general’s office said on Friday that a judge issued arrest warrants for the former chief executive of state oil firm Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, three of his family members and one other person, in a graft case involving Brazilian builder Odebrecht. The Finance Ministry said in May that it presented… Read More

4th July 2019

‘El Chapo’ loses bid for new trial in U.S. drug trafficking case

A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s bid for a new trial, finding that misconduct by jurors during the Mexican crime lord’s drug trafficking case was not a reason to overturn their guilty verdict. Guzman sought a new trial in March after Vice News published an interview… Read More

3rd July 2019

The Flight and Capture of a Cartel Man

José González Valencia is a man of many names. Among his comrades in the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, one of the most powerful and violent drug cartels in Mexico, he is known as Chepa, Santy, and El Camaron, or the Shrimp. He is also allegedly a member of the cartel’s… Read More

20th June 2019

Mexican pleads guilty in massive drug money laundering case

AP — A Mexican man arrested last year in what prosecutors called the biggest international money laundering investigation ever in San Diego has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. The Union-Tribune reports Manuel Reynoso Garcia admitted Tuesday that his organization moved more than $19 million in cash from… Read More

7th June 2019

Mexican judge suspends arrest warrant for ex-Pemex head

AP — A Mexican federal judge has lifted an arrest warrant issued for a former head of the state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos in a corruption investigation, but says he must appear at a hearing. Prosecutors issued the warrant for Emilio Lozoya last month, saying there is evidence linking him… Read More

30th May 2019

In bold anti-graft push, Mexico sets sights on ex-president’s confidant

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made his boldest move yet to root out entrenched corruption by going after one of his predecessor’s closest aides, a former chief of state oil firm Pemex, for alleged bribery, tax fraud and other crimes. The target, Emilio Lozoya, headed Pemex from 2012 to… Read More

29th May 2019

Ex-Pemex CEO focused on graft, Mexican anti-money laundering czar says

The former chief executive of Mexican national oil company Pemex focused on enriching himself though acts of corruption which led to massive losses for the firm, the head the finance ministry’s financial intelligence unit said on Tuesday. Emilio Lozoya, who headed Pemex from 2012 to 2016, engaged in “corrupt acts… Read More

28th May 2019

Mexican steelmaker AHMSA says accounts ‘improperly’ frozen by government

Altos Hornos de Mexico, one of Mexico’s largest steelmakers, said on Monday that the Finance Ministry’s Financial Intelligence Unit had “improperly” frozen its bank accounts. AHMSA, as the steelmaker is known, said the move was “unprecedented, arbitrary and violated (its) rights” and said it would defend its rights. The Finance… Read More

24th May 2019

Mexico official says former Pemex chief was sanctioned

AP — A former executive at Mexico’s state-owned oil company who was sanctioned this week by the comptroller’s office has been identified as Pemex’s former director Emilio Lozoya by the head of the country’s financial intelligence unit. Santiago Nieto, who investigates crimes for Mexico’s finance ministry, congratulated the comptroller via… Read More

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