Hundreds of packages containing pineapple candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of the drug were distributed.
Mexico asks the US to reveal the circumstances surrounding the arrests of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez.
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada says he was taken against his will to US amid conflicting accounts of arrest last month.
US ambassador to Mexico says no US resources were involved in the removal of ‘El Mayo’ from Mexico to arrest in Texas.
Experts warn that attacking the Sinaloa cartel’s leaders could lead to violence, not to mention tense foreign relations.
US prosecutors lay out five-count indictment against Joaquin Guzman Lopez after arrest operation in Texas last week.
A rise in counterfeit versions of sought-after weight loss drug has led to a series of hospitalisations.
Study finds rise in numbers of people using the drug is causing large quantities to leak into the sea.
More than $100m worth of chemicals used in the manufacturing of illicit drugs were seized in raid, police say.
A lawyer for Robert Woodland, a Russian-born US citizen, says he will be appealing his client’s 12.5-year sentence.
Probers say the clash was between the powerful Sinaloa cartel and another gang identified as ‘Chiapas and Guatemala’.
Juan Orlando Hernandez says he was ‘wrongly accused’ at sentencing hearing for conviction on drugs and weapons charges.
Former senator and justice secretary was jailed during the Rodrigo Duterte presidency after questioning his drug war.
US prosecutors charge two dozen people over alleged $50m money laundering scheme.
