LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order (EL CHAPO) Act, according to a press release on the Republican’s website. The US government is seeking the criminal forfeiture of $14B+ in drug proceeds & illicit profits from El…
By JP Carroll One hundred and fifty Mexican hitmen went after Sinaloa Cartel boss El Chapo’s mother Saturday, ransacking her home and murdering her neighbors. Consuelo Loera, 88, mother of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, had her mansion broken into by cartel sicarios, the Mexican term for hitmen. It remains unclear what motivated the attack, and may…
By JP Carroll El Chapo is so exhausted from being incarcerated in the prison he escaped from in 2015 that he is letting his lawyers plead guilty on his behalf to speed up his extradition to a US prison. Chapo’s chief lawyer, Jose Refugio Rodriguez, has said that he “will not question the veracity” of the…
When the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was captured, he was found to be in possession of one of the rifles from the Obama administration’s defunct Fast and Furious program. Fox reports: After the raid on Jan. 8 in the city of Los Mochis that killed five of his men and wounded one Mexican…
By Lina Bryce Helmet cam footage has emerged from the raid conducted by Mexican Marines which ultimately resulted in the capture of El Chapo, Mexico’s most notorious drug lord. The video uploaded to SOFREP website reported that Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo, was recaptured following an intense firefight between Mexican Marines and Chapo’s goons…