NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is set to plead guilty next week in a drug trafficking case that accuses him of ordering torture, plotting murders and flooding the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs.

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is accused of ordering torture, plotting murders and flooding the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs.

August 10 was, for many in Mexico, a quiet Sunday like any other. But in Sinaloa—a northwestern state facing the Pacific—it was no ordinary Sunday. That day, 17 homicides were committed: one every 85 minutes.

Mexican boxing star Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to his native country, where he was subsequently arrested on a warrant accusing him of ties to the Sinaloa cartel.

Mexico is not investigating alleged ties between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the Sinaloa Cartel and has no evidence of such ties, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday.

The band Enigma Norteño, which has more than 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, rose to prominence in the “narcocorrido” genre.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was seized by ICE agents just days after losing to Jake Paul in July and now finds himself back in his homeland behind bars as a result of a warrant for his arrest since 2023

Cartel leader Damaso Lopez Serrano, better known as "El Mini Lic," reportedly hired a hacker to track down YouTuber Camilo Ochoa, killed during the weekend in Mexico