drug cartels

The prisoner was handed over to the federal authorities to be extradited

In a motion filed Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn, defenders of "El Chapo" said that his extradition was illegal

Mexico City has largely avoided the violence that has plagued much of the country

The violent action, unprecedented in Mexico City, is similar to that used by drug cartels in entities such as Tamaulipas, Sinaloa, Michoacán or Nuevo León.

From April 21 to July 9 there have been 90 murders: Tamaulipas Attorney General

According to official numbers, during the past week 29 people were murdered

Bishops in the United States are denouncing “La Santa Muerte” as “antithetical” to the teachings of Jesus

The German and his brother in-law were beat and tortured before being shot dead inside the night club early February

"In the absence of their leader, (rival factions) are fighting over who will control the organization,"

Since Mexico's top drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was extradited to a U.S. jail, gunfights in broad daylight have rocked his home state of Sinaloa