More than 1,000 businesses, including local stores, small businesses and street vendors, have closed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa since "Chapitos" and "Mayos" went to war against each other for control of the Sinaloa cartel.

In the escalating war among rival factions of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán are suspected of ordering the destruction of elaborate mausoleums that belong to rival families,

Bloodshed between members of the Sinaloa Cartel may be common, but the death of influencers is a new development.

After the arrest of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, a.k.a "El Nini" in November of last year, "El Perris" became the security chief for "Los Chapitos". Both Salas and Benítez form part of a group called "Los Ninis," the armed wing that protects the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

In a high-stakes operation, the Mexican Navy delivered a major blow to the Sinaloa Cartel on January 15. The Navy uncovered and destroyed a clandestine drug lab in Sinaloa, seizing 15 kilograms of synthetic drugs and a vast array of chemicals and equipment used for drug production.

Prosecutors said Keith Rodriguez Padilla obtained powerful guns and ammunition for the Valenzuela trafficking organization

The possible testimony of the son and once heir of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada is the latest twist in a billion-dollar Mexican family saga of treachery and violence

ICE deported Sinaloa Cartel member Mario Hidalgo to Mexico after he served a U.S. sentence for drug trafficking.

An expert on Central American criminal cartels says the feared drugs gangs have moved their production of the deadly "zombie drug" fentanyl to Canada

Mario Hidalgo's criminal history spans decades, with ICE identifying him as a key figure in the Sinaloa Cartel's operations.

Almost every year, the Florida Legislature adds a new substance to the list of drugs carrying tough mandatory-minimum sentences. And like clockwork, every year, drug cartel cooks change a molecule