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Ketamine Trafficking Expands Across Latin America (opens the original)
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More and more countries across Latin America and the Caribbean are reporting cases of ketamine trafficking, reflecting a shift in the region’s drug markets driven by the rise of synthetic drug cocktails and more dispersed supply chains. On August 3, the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Arica, Chile, convicted 17 alleged members of an organization that trafficked ketamine from Peru to Chile. Shipments crossed the Tacna-Arica border using drug couriers who entered the country on foot and were then
Four Decades of El Mayo’s Criminal Career End in a Life Sentence (opens the original)
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For four decades, Ismael Zambada García alias “El Mayo,” who was just sentenced to life in prison without parole in the United States, was the ghost of Mexican drug trafficking. While his fellow Sinaloa Cartel founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, alias “El Chapo,” became a household name because of his legendary prison breaks, El Mayo stayed out of prison and the limelight. That was at least until July 2024, when he was arrested after flying into US territory, reportedly tricked onto the plane by
The InSight Take: After El Mayo's Sentencing, is the Godfather Era of the Sinaloa Cartel Over? (opens the original)
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Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo,” just got sentenced to life without parole, marking the end of a four-decade run as one of Mexico’s most powerful traffickers. InSight Crime’s Deborah Bonello and Victoria Dittmar break down how his sentencing won’t end the war in Sinaloa but signals a new chapter in Mexican organized crime in this week’s Insight Take. Deborah: [00:00:00] A federal judge in Brooklyn just sentenced Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known as El Mayo, to life in prison without the p
US Names El Mencho's Successor—CJNG May Have Other Plans (opens the original)
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For nearly two decades, Juan Carlos Valencia González built power inside Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel while staying almost invisible to the public. Now the US government says he runs the whole organization. But his rise to the top of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) following the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” would be a remarkable turn for a man whose defining trait has long been his ability to stay out of the spotlight. The US Natio
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