US nabs a cartel leader after El Chapo's son tricks him onto a flight across the border: report

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A boy walks by a newsstand with pictures of El Mayo on the front pages of multiple papers.
Mexican newspapers reporting El Mayo's arrest.

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Mexican cartels have stolen over $300 million from American seniors in elaborate timeshare property scams

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Money seized by the National Police during the dismantling of the Sinaloa Cartel in Spain, at the Canillas Police Complex.
Money seized by the National Police during the dismantling of the Sinaloa Cartel.

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How drug-money laundering actually works, according to a former undercover agent

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Robert Mazur tells the full story of his time as a government agent investigating drug-money laundering. Mazur went undercover for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service intelligence division, and the Customs Service. 

El Chapo gave a briefcase with $1 million to the campaign of the ex-Honduras president now accused of US drug trafficking: witness

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Photo Collage featuring Ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a technician cutting open a package of cocaine, hooded soldier from the Honduran Army, and Honduran currency 100 million on blue background.
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández.

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A Senate hearing on drug trafficking shows how meaningless the world 'cartel' has become

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The US Capitol building, seen from the Russell Senate Office Building.

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