The ‘Sinaloa’ cartel

It is probably the most powerful smuggling organization in Mexico. Until recently it was managed by Joaquín Guzmán Loera, called ‘ El Chapo’. He earned a considerable fortune on drug trafficking. Magazine ‘Forbes’ placed him on the 10th place among the richest people in Mexico in 2011. The ‘Sinaloa’ cartel is active mainly in the center and in the north of the country. In 2016, ‘El Chapo’ was captured by the Mexican marines in Los Mochis in Sinaloa state. He is currently imprisoned in the United States. The position of the ‘Sinaloa’ cartel has weakened recently.

The journalists killed by FARC in Ecuador

Two journalists and a driver of a daily paper were killed by the in . 36-year-old Javier Ortega, 45-year-old Paul Rivas and 60-year-old Efrain Segarra were missing since March 26, when they went to the Esmeraldas province to write a report on the deteriorating safety situation on the border with .

The fall of the most dangerous drug cartel in Mexico

Police has apprehended José Maria Guizar Valencia, the boss of the Los Zetas cartel. This drug dealer, who was living in for the last six months, was arrested in one of the fancy restaurants in the . Valencia was one of the most wanted men in Mexico – the United States offered a reward of […]

The deadliest country for journalists

Gustavo Perez Aguilando, a 35-year old reporter of the Voice of the South magazine in was murdered while attending the Christmas festival at his son’s primary school. It was already the 12th journalist killed in 2017 in Mexico. According to , Mexico and Syria are the world’s most dangerous countries for the media workers. The […]

‘Los Zetas’ cartel is losing its domain

Federal Police detained Martiniano de Jesus Jaramillo Silva, the boss of a drug cartel ‘Los Zetas Vieja Escuela’, suspected of killing 72 emigrants in in 2010. It was one of the most vicious massacres of this gang. Mariniano de Jesus Jaramillo Silva was 56 years old. He had a nickname ‘El Pata de Queso’ – […]