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The suspect was part of Los Chapitos, a faction of the criminal organization led by the sons of jailed drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the notorious Arellano Felix brothers was deported from the...
Mexican court overturns acquittal of 1990s drug lord July 13, 2021 GMT FILE - In this June 15, 2016 file photo provided by the Mexican Attorney General's Office, Hector "El Guero" Palma, is escorted in handcuffs from a helicopter at a federal hanger in Mexico City. An appeals court on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Mexico, has overturned Palma´s acquittal, and was taken to the country´s maximum security Altiplano prison after the ruling. (Mexico's Attorney General's Office via AP, File) FILE - In this June 15, 2016 file photo provided by the Mexican Attorney General's Office, Hector "El Guero" ...
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Palma's release could affect Mexico's international reputation. Almost eight years ago, another drug lord, Rafael Caro Quintero, walked out of a Mexican prison late at night with an improperly ordered release from a 40-year sentence for the torture-murder of US Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena in 1985. He has since returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman founded the notorious Sinaloa cartel with Palma.(AP) READ MORE: Th...
Mexico holds drug lord temporarily for investigation by The Associated Press Last Updated May 5, 2021 at 5:14 pm EDT FILE - In this June 15, 2016 file photo provided by the Mexican Attorney General's Office, Hector "El Guero" Palma, or “Blondie,” one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted in handcuffs from a helicopter at a federal hangar in Mexico City, after serving almost a decade in a U.S. prison and transported to another maximum-security lockup to await trial for two murders. (Mexico's Attorney General's Office via AP, File) MEXICO CITY — A judge in Mexico ordered drug...