Cartels

Dairo Antonio Úsuga aka Otoniel, bloodthirsty leader of the largest drug cartel in Colombia, captured after a joint army, air force and police operation

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Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, led Colombia's largest criminal gang

Colombia has announced that the country’s most powerful and ruthless drug trafficker will be extradited to the US after he was captured in a raid. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, most commonly known as Otoniel, is the leader of the Gulf Clan, Colombia’s largest criminal gang. He has been on the US Drug Enforcement Agency’s most wanted … Read more

Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Wife Indicted in the US

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Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of jailed Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in February 2021. It is alleged that she was heavily involved in running the cartel with her husband and also of helping him escape from US and Mexican authorities.

Mexico sues the US Gun Industry for causing 17,000 Mexican deaths a year

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The lawsuit accuses the American government of being responsible for 17,000 Mexican deaths, and names Smith & Wesson, Beretta, Glock and others.

In Mexico there is very strict gun control. There is only one gun store in the entire country, and the government issues less than 50 gun permits a year. However it is estimated that half a million guns are smuggled into Mexico from the US annually. According to the lawsuit in 2019, 17,000 Mexican citizens were murdered with guns manufactured in the U.S.