Joaquin Guzman
After El Chapo: The World's 10 Most Wanted Drug Lords
The DEA's list of wanted drug lords is out of date after the capture of the infamous Mexican trafficker — so we made our own.
The US Government Accidentally Helped Arm El Chapo
A military-grade weapon found at a hideout used by El Chapo shortly before he was captured was one of about 2,000 guns that the failed ATF operation Fast and Furious allowed into Mexico.
Sex, Snacks, and Soccer: How Mexican Drug Lords End Up Captured
El Chapo's now famous mobile conversations with actress Kate del Castillo while he was Mexico's most wanted fugitive are just one of many examples of seeming carelessness that has brought down capos who are supposed to be experts in security.
Kate Del Castillo Wanted to Make Tequila With El Chapo
The Mexican Attorney General's Office has subpoenaed Kate del Castillo as a witness in its investigations in the wake of El Chapo's recapture.
El Chapo Could Soon Be Back in the Same Cell He Escaped From Last Time
Mexico's interior minister says the drug lord has not yet been returned to the cell because the tunnel he fled through, that began in his shower stall, has not yet been completely blocked up.
In Photos: The Safe House Where the Navy Caught Up With El Chapo
The drug lord is back in a maximum-security prison after six months on the run. His dramatic recapture began with a shootout in a safe house and ended in a love motel.
The Actress Who Linked Up Sean Penn with El Chapo Was Under Surveillance Since 2014
A Mexican newspaper says intelligence accounts show Kate del Castillo was in contact with El Chapo via his lawyers for nearly a year before his dramatic jailbreak last July, and has published surveillance pictures leading up to Penn's interview.
How Kate Del Castillo Became the Rebel Celebrity Who Took Sean Penn to ‘Chapo’
The interview orchestrated by the Mexican actress raises tough questions for her career, her new tequila brand, and the whole business of narco pop media at large.
Collateral Damage in the Hunt for 'El Chapo' (Excerpt from 'Displaced in Sinaloa')
In this excerpt, VICE News correspondent Daniel Hernandez meets farmer Gonzalo Peña, whose ranch in Durango has become collateral in the Mexican Navy's hunt for 'El Chapo'.
Displaced in Sinaloa: The Hunt for 'El Chapo'
VICE News heads to the mountainous region of Sinaloa in Northern Mexico to meet the refugees of the Mexican navy’s hunt for 'El Chapo.'
Displaced in Sinaloa: The Hunt For 'El Chapo' (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News heads to the mountainous region of Sinaloa in Northern Mexico to meet the refugees of the Mexican navy’s hunt for 'El Chapo.'
Mexico Sends US-Born Drug Lord ‘La Barbie’ Back Home to Face Charges
Edgar Valdez Villareal became a somewhat larger-than-life figure after his arrest in 2010 when he smirked before news cameras and boasted that a movie would be made about his life in the drug world.