Keegan Hamilton

MEXICO CITY — The tale of kidnapping, secret deals and betrayal that saw two of Mexico's most wanted drug lords taken into U.S. custody last month has taken another twist.

The reputed Mexican drug lord known as El Mencho has spent more than a decade evading efforts by U.S. and Mexican officials to bring him to justice.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country's disgraced ex-security chief — jailed

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country's disgraced ex-security chief — jailed in

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In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no higher-ranking official than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States.

In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no higher-ranking official than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States.

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In the escalating war among rival factions of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán are suspected of ordering the destruction of elaborate mausoleums that belong to rival families, including one for a fallen grandson of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

The charred husk of an artificial Christmas tree smoldered in the aftermath of the fire, ashes coating the tiled floor as flames still licked at the scorched ceiling.