Chavarria, who is better known by his alias Pipo, is the latest drug kingpin to fall in Ecuador. He is also the last of an original group of crime bosses alleged to be responsible for a surge of ...

After the arrests and extraditions of several key figures in the world of Mexican organized crime, many are negotiating with the American government for lighter sentences.

Since Los Chapitos and La Mayiza, two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, declared war on each other more than a year ago, violence in the state of Sinaloa has spiraled out of control. Daily killings, ...