[ad_1] ‘El Mencho’, left, and Pablo Escobar The template was forged in Medellín by Pablo Escobar: immense wealth, absolute violence, and the charisma of a folk hero. But the modern Mexican cartels haven’t just followed that template—they’ve weaponised it. What began as a handful of regional trafficking routes has evolved into a multi-generational saga of […]
[ad_1] “El Mayo” Zambada speaks to Judge Brian Cogan (not pictured) in Brooklyn federal court, as his defence attorney Frank Perez looks on, in New York. (Picture credit: AP) Ismael Zambada García, the elusive Mexican drug lord known as El Mayo, pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom on Monday to drug trafficking charges, marking […]
[ad_1] CULIACAN: A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions – all fleeing the latest wave of cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan. For years, exotic pets of cartel […]
