Efforts by Trump and Mexico don’t address root causes or measure up to an evolving, international fentanyl market, experts ...

The Department of Justice won't seek the death penalty for three top cartel leaders incarcerated in the country ...

U.S. prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael ...

In September 2024, Zambada pleaded not guilty to charges that accused him of drug trafficking, murder plots and torture.

Lichtman also represented El Chapo — now serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison in Colorado — and is the attorney for Joaquín Guzmán López, another son of the drug lord.

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2019 for his role as the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, having smuggled mountains of cocaine and other drugs ...

Federal prosecutors allege that Ovidio and his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who became known locally as Los Chapitos, led a powerful faction of the notorious Mexican Sinaloa cartel.

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of El Chapo, pleads guilty to drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms charges ...