The 61-year-old is considered the world’s largest drug trafficker since the death of Colombia’s Pablo Escobar
The capture of Mexico’s last drug ‘don’ may well end the peace and set off vicious turf wars.
A bank owned by a Brazilian billionaire has been accused by US prosecutors of processing millions of dollars in bribes, including to Fifa officials.
Mexico could legalise marijuana in the next five years, stripping brutal drug cartels of a major source of income, says former President Vicente Fox.
Mexico says it captured the leader of the brutal Zetas drug cartel, marking the biggest victory for its president in his fight against gang violence.
US agents have captured the alleged kingpin in Guinea-Bissau’s drugs trade with Latin America, in a sting operation on the high seas.
US prosecutors probing whether HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi banks tied to terrorists.
Drug-related killings have overshadowed the fact that Mexico’s economy is alive and well, writes Kevin Davie.
Mexico’s drug cartels are pioneers of the global economy in their logic and modus operandi, writes <b>Ed Vulliamy</b>.
Guatemala declared a 30-day state of emergency for the northern Peten region following a brutal weekend massacre of 27 people at a cattle ranch.
At least 11 bodies were found in five new mass graves located in Sinaloa state in north-western Mexico, state prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Mexico’s battle with its powerful drug cartels has seen almost 35 000 deaths, as well as the disappearances of an unknown number of others.
Suspected drug cartel gunmen hurled grenades, burned vehicles and blocked streets in a rapid series of attacks in Mexico’s second-largest city.
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/ 6 November 2010
Mexican marines killed drug baron Ezequiel "Tony Tormenta" Cardenas in a ferocious gunfight at the US border on Friday.