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The army arrests Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of incarcerated drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The arrest is followed by state-wide unrest, with many schools and airports closed. Ten soldiers and 19 gang members are killed during the unrest.
2023-01-5

Fourteen people are killed and 20 others are injured after a bus's brakes malfunction, causing it to crash on a highway in Jalisco, Mexico.
2022-05-19

Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is sentenced to life in prison plus thirty years, and is ordered to forfeit US$12.6 billion. He accused the U.S. government of "torture and corruption" during his sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York. He will likely be sent to ADX Florence in Colorado to serve his sentence.
2019-07-17

Three Mexican Army soldiers die as gunfire downs a helicopter in the state of Jalisco. Ten soldiers and two Federal Police officers are injured.
2015-05-1

High-ranking Sinaloa Cartel leader Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza is killed in a shootout with the Mexican Navy in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20131219043809-http:--www.debate.com.mx-eldebate-noticias-default.asp?IdArt=13860743&IdCat=17402&sl=2 "(El Debate)"]
2013-12-18

A Honduran Vice-minister of Defense states that the Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, may be hiding in Honduras.
2013-11-21

At least 14 people are killed in a series of clashes between alleged drug traffickers and police in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The government states that a high-profile drug lord was killed in the battle.
2013-04-11

The dismembered remains of 17 men are found at a farm near the border between Jalisco and Michoacán states.
2012-09-16

Mexican Drug War: Mexican marines detain Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, the son of Joaquín Guzmán Loera (alias "El Chapo"), Mexico's most-wanted drug lord in the western state of Jalisco.
2012-06-21

15 mutilated bodies are found inside two abandoned SUVs in the state of Jalisco, a region that is under dispute between Los Zetas and the Sinaloa Cartel. The Mexican authorities believe the massacre is a response by Los Zetas for the 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres reportedly carried out by Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. "El Chapo"), Mexico's most-wanted drug lord.
2012-05-9