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Kingpin El Chapo begs Mexican president to pull him out of 'cruel' US prison
January 18, 2023 | 2:11pmJoaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants Mexico to pull him out of the US super-max prison where he's serving life, calling time there "psychological torture."
Passengers panic as plane hit by gunfire after arrest of El Chapo's son
January 6, 2023 | 3:32pmPassengers aboard Aeromexico Flight 165 were seen on video diving for cover after their jet was hit by gunfire during a firefight between cartel members and the military.
El Chapo’s son moved to maximum security prison hours after arrest sparked chaotic gang violence
January 6, 2023 | 11:31amGuzmán-López was flown by helicopter to Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, or “Altiplano,” a maximum security facility near Toluca.
Violence reported as El Chapo son captured in Mexico ahead of Biden visit
January 5, 2023 | 3:56pmThe US Embassy in Mexico tweeted "Reports of gun fire in multiple locations" after Thursday's arrest of Ovidio Guzmán-Lopez.
Cartel boss escaped prison during deadly riot near US-Mexico border
January 3, 2023 | 9:25pmThe Mexican government also revealed it discovered 10 "VIP cells" in Sunday's prison break, as well as cell phones, cash and drugs inside the rooms of prominent inmates.
Mexico disbands elite anti-drug squad that helped nab 'El Chapo': report
April 19, 2022 | 1:00pmThe elite squad of about 50 officers in Mexico was one of a number of Sensitive Investigative Units trained by the DEA.
El Chapo's drug trafficking conviction upheld by federal appeals court
January 25, 2022 | 12:24pmJoaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s conviction on charges of running a multi-billion-dollar narcotics trafficking operation was upheld by a federal appeals court.
El Chapo allegedly whacked the men who forced him to pay $500K for long johns
January 21, 2022 | 3:29pmA new book looks at the drug lord’s unknown life, including his “illegal” marriages and a hit on corrupt officials who charged him $500,000 for a pair of long johns.
El Chapo devoured Viagra, delivered meals and women in prison
January 21, 2022 | 8:00amWhen Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera landed in prison for the first time, he transformed himself into the king of the penal colony — ordering in meals, drugs and women...
Book reveals El Chapo's glamorous, beauty queen 'wife' is not his wife at all
January 20, 2022 | 12:21pmIn the new book "Emma and the Other Narco Women," out Jan. 25, Coronel Aispuro insists to author Anabel Hernández that she and El Chapo were married under "the law...
Book reveals surprising reason El Chapo fell for his much-younger wife
January 20, 2022 | 7:22amEnchiladas have always been the way to El Chapo's heart. Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, once fell in love with a prison cook when he...
La Chapita: El Chapo's granddaughter launches singing career
January 15, 2022 | 12:36pmFrida Sofia Guzman Munoz became one of three finalists on "Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento," the Mexican equivalent of America's Got Talent in November.
'Fast and Furious' probe: El Chapo among 7 charged with trafficking guns
January 10, 2022 | 12:32pmAlong with Guzman, the former head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, ex-Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna and former top federal police official Luis Cardenas Palomino were also charged.
Feds offer $5M bounty for capture of 'El Chapo's sons
December 15, 2021 | 5:25pmThe US State Department has put a $5 million bounty on the heads of imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's sons.
Inside the harsh, prison-bound life of El Chapo’s glamorous wife
December 2, 2021 | 7:45pmEmma Coronel Aispuro, the former beauty queen and wife of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has been sentence to three years in prison for her role in...
El Chapo's beauty-queen wife gets three years for helping run murderous cartel
November 30, 2021 | 2:42pmEmma Coronel Aispuro, the beauty queen wife of infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for helping run the Sinaloa Cartel.
Inside El Chapo's final hideouts and escape houses
November 23, 2021 | 6:02pmVivid photographs take you inside two safe houses that once belonged to the drug lord and former Sinaloa cartel leader, Joaquín Guzmán, notoriously known as "El Chapo."
El Chapo 'jury misconduct' warrants new trial for drug lord, attorney argues
October 25, 2021 | 3:06pmA federal appeals court panel is weighing whether to grant Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán a new trial following a 2019 report alleging juror misconduct during his drug-trafficking trial.
Intrigue as true-blue beauty-queen wife may turn on drug king El Chapo
June 11, 2021 | 8:04pmUS-born former beauty queen Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded guilty to felony drug-trafficking charges against her, a signal that her fealty to the world’s most-feared...
El Chapo's wife pleads guilty in drug trafficking case
June 10, 2021 | 11:54amThe wife of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán pleaded guilty Thursday to helping her notorious drug lord hubby run his expansive Sinaloa Cartel.