Mexico Under Siege: 2014
Since June 2008, Los Angeles Times reporters and photographers have chronicled, from both sides of the border, the savage struggle among Mexican drug cartels for control over the lucrative drug trade to the U.S. The conflict has left thousands dead, paralyzed whole cities with fear, and spawned a culture of corruption reaching the upper levels of the Mexican state.
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The ‘self-defense’ forces’ claim on the moral high ground rings true in Michoacan, where the government has been unable to halt cartel violence.
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Guerrero, like Michoacan, has seen vigilante autodefensas take up arms against a drug cartel, and some worry that local leaders are complicit.
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin Guzman, known as “El Chapo,” was captured Saturday in a joint operation by Mexican and U.S. federal agents, a senior U.S. official said.
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MEXICO CITY -- From his naming on the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, to his frequent supposed sightings and magical escapes, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been a larger-than-life drug lord who reached mythical proportions in Mexican “narco” folklore.
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Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman once reportedly escaped pursuers through a bathtub. In the end, a satellite phone call gave him away.
